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Of or pertaining to purpura.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to purpura.
  2. a. Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms known">well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.
  3. 1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to purpura. Dunglison. 2. (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms known">well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name. Note: Purpuric acid was formerly used to designate murexan. See Murexan.
  4. Of or pertaining to purpura. Dunglison.
  5. a. Of or pertaining to purpura. a. Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state, but forms known">well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide), whence its name.