[ˈpəːpjʊrə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a rash of purple spots on the skin caused by internal bleeding from small blood vessels


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a gastropod mollusc): from modern Latin, from Latin, ‘purple’, from Greek porphura. The sense ‘disease characterized by a purple rash’ dates from the mid 18th century