cyanotic

[ sahy-uh-not-ik ]

/ ˌsaɪ əˈnɒt ɪk /

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adjective Pathology.

(of the skin) blue or livid due to inadequately oxygenated blood: Certain heart defects cause a mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, so that the patient will often exhibit a cyanotic or bluish color.

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Origin of cyanotic

First recorded in 1820–30; from Greek kýano(s) “dark blue” + -tic

OTHER WORDS FROM cyanotic

hy·per·cy·a·not·ic, adjective

Words nearby cyanotic

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

How to use cyanotic in a sentence

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
And will you explain in lay terms what cyanotic means for the record at this point?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Cyanotic marks were seen on the arms, abdomen, back and neck.
On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote|A. Mueller
The heart is depressed, the pulse becomes weak and irregular, and in severe cases the face appears cyanotic.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1899|Various

Profuse sweating, a falling temperature and cyanotic mucous membranes indicate the approach of a fatal termination.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2|Various