petechial

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Symptoms of the disease include a fever up to 39 C (102.2 F), a petechial or maculopapular rash of the trunk and occasionally the limbs, and arthralgia or arthritis affecting multiple joints.

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  1. Of the nature of petechiæ; characterized by or accompanied with petechiæ or livid spots: as, a petechial eruption or fever.
  2. Petechial fever Typhus fever.
  3. Petechial fever Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis.

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  • She glanced at me and bent over, lifting his eyelids, examining the eyes that were truly empty now, save for the petechial hemorrhaging that dotted the whites. —  GUDMagazineIssue0::Spring2007
  • In 13 cases, NBI positive areas without ulcer coincided with petechial hemorrhages and glomerulations upon hydrodistention under anesthesia. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Symptoms of the disease include a fever up to 39 C (102.2 F), a petechial or maculopapular rash of the trunk and occasionally the limbs, and arthralgia or arthritis affecting multiple joints. —  Find Me A Cure
  • The petechial fever in Italy in 1505 was a form of the sweating sickness. —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • It is said that in 1524 a petechial fever carried off —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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  1. = French pétéchial = Spanish petequial = Portuguese petechial = Italian petecchiale (Middle Latin petecchialis), ∠ petecchia, a spot, scab: See petechiæ.
 

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