peliosis

Questions about peliosis

What does peliosis mean?

peliosis means "any of several blood diseases causing subcutaneous bleeding".

How many syllables are in peliosis?

peliosis has 4 syllables: pe-li-o-sis. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for peliosis?

Close synonyms include purpura. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peliosis a common word?

peliosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.