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Purpura vs Purpuric - What's the difference?

purpura | purpuric |

As a verb purpura

is .

As an adjective purpuric is

(medicine) purple (of spots which appear on the skin); pertaining to or affected with purpura.

purpura

English

Noun

  • (medicine) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.
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    purpuric

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) purple (of spots which appear on the skin); pertaining to or affected with purpura
  • * 2003 , Christine Léauté-Labrèze and Alain Taïeb, Diagnosis and management of Stevens Johnson syndrome'', in ''Recent Advances in Pediatrics, Volume 20 (edited by Tim J David), Royal Society of Medicine Press, page 140:
    • After 1–14 days, skin eruption occurs abruptly, consisting of symmetrical purpuric macules which progress to blisters and areas of epidermal necrosis...
  • (chemistry, not comparable) purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; derived from or forming purpuric acid
    • purpuric acid
    a purpuric salt