PELIOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peliosis mean? 

• PELIOSIS (noun)
  The noun PELIOSIS has 1 sense:

1. any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

  Familiarity information: PELIOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELIOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

peliosis; purpura

Hypernyms ("peliosis" is a kind of...):

blood disease; blood disorder (a disease or disorder of the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peliosis"):

nonthrombocytopenic purpura (purpura resulting from a defect in the capillaries caused by bacteria or drugs)

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; purpura hemorrhagica; thrombocytopenic purpura; Werlhof's disease (purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors)