Meaning of CYANOSIS
| Pronunciation: | | `sIu'nowsis
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning) |
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| | See Also: | | acrocyanosis, carbon monoxide poisoning, Raynaud's sign, symptom | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cy`a*no"sis\ (s?`?-n?"s?s), n. [NL. See {Cyanic}.]
(Med.)
A condition in which, from insufficient a[eum]ration of the
blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See
{Cyanopathy}.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | bluish color in the skin due to insufficient oxygen levels in the blood. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A bluish or purplish coloring of the skin, nails and mucuous membranes caused by a lack of oxygen in the blood. This occurs when more than 50 g/L of hemoglobin in the blood becomes deoxygenated. |
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