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Purring thrill
A vibration, like a cat’s purring, due to mitral stenosis, aneurysm, or valvular disease of the heart; felt by palpation over the precordium.
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Purpureaglycosides A and B
True cardiac glycosides present in the leaves of Digitalis purpurea, foxglove.
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Wet purpura
A blister filled with blood; colloquially, a blood blister.
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
A rare life-threatening disease marked by widespread aggregation of platelets throughout the body, neurological dysfunction, and renal insufficiency. The disease is triggered by a deficiency of an enzyme that cleaves von Willebrand factor (a blood clotting protein). This deficiency results in blood clots in small blood vessels throughout the body. Shifting neurological signs such as…
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Purpura simplex
Purpura that is not associated with systemic illness.
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Purpura rheumatica
Purpura with joint pain, colic, bloody stools, and vomiting of blood.
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Purpura fulminans
A rapidly progressing form of purpura occurring principally in children; of short duration and frequently fatal.
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Fibrinolytic purpura
Purpura resulting from excess fibrinolytic activity of the blood.
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Purple glove syndrome
A rare, progressive, soft tissue injury characterized by progressive edema and purple discoloration of the forearm and hand. It is caused by the extravasation of phenytoin into soft tissue. Adults over the age of 60 and those with a history of peripheral vascular disease receiving intravenous phenytoin are at increased risk for PGS, but the…
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Purple
A color formed by mixing red with blue.
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