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Cyanosis

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Noun

1. cyanosis

a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cyanosis

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

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Cyanosis

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nounWord forms: plural ˌcyaˈnoˌses (ˈsaɪəˈnoʊˌsiz ; sīˈənōˈsēzˌ)
a bluish coloration of the skin or mucous membranes, caused by lack of oxygen or abnormal hemoglobin in the blood

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cyanosis

see synonyms of cyanosis
n.
A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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