cyanosis

[ sahy-uh-noh-sis ]

/ ˌsaɪ əˈnoʊ sɪs /

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noun Pathology.

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

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Origin of cyanosis

First recorded in 1825–35; from New Latin, from Greek kyánōsis “dark-blue color”; see cyan-¹, -osis

OTHER WORDS FROM cyanosis

cy·a·not·ic

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

Words nearby cyanosis

cyanohydrin, cyanometer, Cyanophyta, cyanophyte, cyanoplatinite, cyanosis, cyanotic, cyanotype, cyanurate, cyanuric, cyanuric acid

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How to use cyanosis in a sentence

Still, we have patients in the state, as far as cyanosis and agonal type respiration, who are resuscitatable.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
His eyes were opened and somewhat exophthalmic and color was greatly suffused, cyanotic—a purplish cyanosis.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
That's not a lay term either, but when the patient is in oxygen need or oxygen want, cyanosis would be apparent.
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The toxæmia is profound, and the face and lips assume a characteristic cyanosis.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

Pressure over the skin does not cause the colour to disappear as in ordinary cyanosis.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for cyanosis

cyanosis

/ (ˌsaɪəˈnəʊsɪs) /

noun

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

Derived forms of cyanosis

cyanotic (ˌsaɪəˈnɒtɪk), adjective

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