Purpura
<B>1.</B> A hemorrhagic area in the skin.
The area of bleeding within the skin, by definition, is greater than 3 millimeters in diameter.
The appearance of the purpura depends on age of the lesion.
Early purpura is red and becomes darker, then purple, and brown-yellow as it fades.
Purpura does not blanch when touched.<BR><B>2.</B> A condition characterized by purpura such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura and Schonlein-Henoch purpura.