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Definition of Lividness
1. Noun. Unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress).
Generic synonyms: Complexion, Skin Color, Skin Colour
Derivative terms: Livid, Livid, Livid, Lurid, Lurid, Pale, Pallid, Pale, Wan
Definition of Lividness
1. n. Lividity.
Definition of Lividness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being livid (dark or pallid). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lividness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lividness
Literary usage of Lividness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1832)
"This peculiarity, connected with the unnatural expansion of the thorax, and the
lividness and turgescence of the countenance, would almost suffice, ..."
2. Elements of Pathology and Therapeutics: Being the Outlines of a Work by Caleb Hillier Parry (1825)
"At this time, even while she is at rest, there is some lividness in the inside
of her eyelids, nostrils, and lips; but on muscular exertion there is general ..."
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