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Definition of Cyanosis

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

Definition of Cyanosis

1. n. A condition in which, from insufficient aëration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See Cyanopathy.

Definition of Cyanosis

1. Noun. (pathology) A blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen. ¹

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Definition of Cyanosis

1. bluish discoloration of the skin [n -NOSES] : CYANOSED, CYANOTIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Cyanosis

1. A bluish discolouration, applied especially to such discolouration of skin and mucous membranes due to excessive concentration of reduced haemoglobin in the blood. Origin: Gr. Kyanos = blue (21 May 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyanosis

Literary usage of Cyanosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Inhalations of oxygen may be tried when the cyanosis is extreme. ... A form of permanent cyanosis due to changes in the composition of the haemoglobin of ..."

2. A Treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1886)
"The term cyanosis or blue disease is differently employed by writers. ... The propriety of considering cyanosis as a distinct disease is apparent if we are ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"Malformation of the Heart without cyanosis.—Dr. OGLE exhibited to the Pathological ... There was no cyanosis. Dr. Peacock thought the absence of cyanosis an ..."

4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1881)
"GENTLEMEN,—The rare and interesting condition of cyanosis, to •which I invite your attention to-day, derives its name from the peculiar objective ..."

5. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"cyanosis. By cyanosis we mean a purplish or grayish-blue tint noticeable ... There are many degrees of cyanosis, from the slight purplish tinge of the lips, ..."

6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"The one constant factor in the production of cyanosis is diminution of oxygenation. This may be the result of respiratory affections which hinder the access ..."

7. Obstetrics, the science and the art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1867)
"510, gives an article on cyanosis, in which he treats at large of the various kinds of that affection, whether as depending on faulty development of the ..."

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