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What is the adjective for petechiae?

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petechial
  1. (medicine) Characterised by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin).
  2. Examples:
    1. “A newborn boy delivered at full term by ventouse extraction had a widespread petechial rash and a cephalhaematoma.”
      “The conjunctiva appears injected and edematous, often with petechial hemorrhages.”
      “Generalized erythema, epistaxis, bleeding of gums, petechial and subconjunctival haemorrhages are present occasionally.”
petechioid
  1. (medicine) Resembling a petechia.
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