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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purpura \Pur"pu*ra\, n. [L., purple, purple fish: cf F.
purpura. See {Purple}.]
1. (Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin
from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength,
pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.
--Dunglison.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a
rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
purpura
n : any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding
[syn: {peliosis}]
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