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Purpuric vs Purpurin - What's the difference?

purpuric | purpurin |

As an adjective purpuric

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

As a noun purpurin is

a red anthraquinone dye, extracted from madder, that is used as a biological stain.

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

    purpurin

    English

    Alternative forms

    * purpurine

    Noun

    (wikipedia purpurin) (-)
  • A red anthraquinone dye, extracted from madder, that is used as a biological stain
  • (biochemistry) A protein of the lipocalin family
  • A brownish or deep red decorative glass used in ancient times