PETECHIAL

petechial. Petechial, [ch as k] a. spotted with a pestilence

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Pe‐tech″i‐al (?), a. [[Cf. F. pétéchial, LL. petecchialis.]] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiæ; spotted. Petechial fever, a malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots on the skin.