livor mortis

American

[lahy-vawr mawr-tis, -ver] / ˈlaɪ vɔr ˈmɔr tɪs, -vər /

noun

Medicine/Medical. a bluish-purple discoloration of the skin on the dependent parts of a dead human body, caused by hypostasis, or accumulation of blood due to the action of gravity.

From Latin livor “bluish-purple” + mortis “of death”

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