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purpuric.

Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).

  2. Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.

    archaic
  3. purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially

    not-comparable
  4. purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially: Derived from or forming purpuric acid.

    not-comparable
    purpuric acid
    a purpuric salt
Where this word comes from

From Latin purpura (“purple”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). The medical sense is from the English purpura (“the appearance of purple discolorations on the skin”). By surface analysis, purpura + -ic.

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