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Cyanosis

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Cyˊa-no′sis

(s?ˊ?-n?′s?s)

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Noun.

[NL. See

.]

(Med.)

A condition in which, from insufficient aëration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See

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Definition 2024

cyanosis

cyanosis

English

Noun

cyanosis ‎(plural cyanoses)

(pathology) A blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen.

Related terms

Translations

discolouration of the skin

Czech: cyanóza f

Spanish: cianosis

References

cyanosis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913