petecchia

Italian

Etymology

Probably from Latin petīgo ("scab, eruption"), a popular form of impetīgo (perhaps through a Vulgar Latin root *peticla < *(im)peticula, or alternatively, from a Vulgar Latin *pestic(u)la, from pestis. Less likely from Ancient Greek πιττάκια (pittákia), plural of πιττάκιον (pittákion).

Noun

petecchia f (plural petecchie)

  1. (pathology) petechia

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