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purpura ful·mi·nans

n : purpura of an often severe progressive form esp. of children that is characterized by widespread necrosis of the skin and that is associated with a severe illness, results from an inherited or acquired defect of a certain biochemical pathway, or is of unknown cause .
 
   

 
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