Purpura

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.

II. Purpura ·noun A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength, pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.

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