Petechia
Petechia , noun, plural
[New Latin, from Late Latin peteccia; compare French pétéchie, Italian petecchia, Sp. petequia, Greek pitta`kion a label, plaster.]
(Medicine) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc.
Also: Petechiae