cyanosis

[sahy-uh-noh-sis]

noun Pathology.

blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.

Origin of cyanosis

1825–35; < New Latin < Greek kyánōsis dark-blue color. See cyan-¹, -osis

Related formscy·a·not·ic

[sahy-uh-not-ik] /ˌsaɪ əˈnɒt ɪk/, adjectivehy·per·cy·a·no·sis, nounhy·per·cy·a·not·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cyanosis

Historical Examples of cyanosis

Cyanosis of the extremities seemed to have been present only at first.
Benign Stupors
August Hoch
In other cases of phthisis and of cyanosis the nails and finger-ends become clubbed like acorns.
The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
Charles Darwin
Should marked symptoms of exhaustion or of cyanosis arise, the bathing should be at once stopped.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
The nausea and abdominal pain are more marked, while the dyspnoea, cyanosis, and shrunken condition of the skin are less marked.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
With the re-establishment of respiration the cyanosis rapidly fades, to be succeeded in some cases by pallor and perspiration.
The Nervous Child
Hector Charles Cameron

British Dictionary definitions for cyanosis

cyanosis

noun

pathol a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood

Derived Formscyanotic (ˌsaɪəˈnɒtɪk), adjective

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Word Origin and History for cyanosis

"blue disease," the "blue jaundice" of the ancients, 1820, Medical Latin, from Greek kyanosis, from kyanos "dark blue color" (see cyan) + -osis.

cyanosis in Medicine

cyanosis

[sī′ə-nō′sĭs]

A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

Related formscy′a•not′ic (-nŏt′ĭk) adj.