NONTHROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Purpura resulting from a defect in the capillaries caused by bacteria or drugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("nonthrombocytopenic purpura" is a kind of...):

peliosis; purpura (any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding)

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