Word: ovoid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...past before the advent of adequate treatment. That is purpura [purplish hemorrhage of blood into the skin]. We know that purpura occurs as a complication of malaria, that it is usually distributed symmetrically, that its usual location is on the hands and feet, and that it appears as ovoid, bluish, at times slightly elevated spots...