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14. Purpura is also a medical term referring to the...

Tue Aug 1, 2023, 09:57 AM

Aug 2023

...reddish-purplish discoloration that happens when there is bleeding under the skin. Many potential causes, some of which are quite dire - leukemia and meningitis.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS848US848&q=purpura+rash&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjczMqm27uAAxUbmYkEHVV0ApwQ0pQJegQIEBAB&biw=1438&bih=787&d

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Damn house finches [View all] cyclonefence Jul 2023 OP

I share your pain. IA8IT Jul 2023 #1

For a while I fed the finches Nyjer in their own feeder Yonnie3 Jul 2023 #2

;-) elleng Jul 2023 #3

"Our" birds are pretty good about taking turns. 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #4

The word originally described a crimson color Donkees Aug 2023 #6

Oho cyclonefence Aug 2023 #8

The dye color was extracted from sea snails (purpura patula) Donkees Aug 2023 #9

How interesting. Thnx. 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #12

I read a lot :) Donkees Aug 2023 #13

Purpura is also a medical term referring to the... 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #14

No matter how obscure the topic, there is... 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #11

Ever try an upside-down feeder? Qutzupalotl Jul 2023 #5

I never even heard of such a thing cyclonefence Aug 2023 #7