Definitions for: Cyanosis


[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)



Webster (1913) 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.

See Also: acrocyanosis, carbon monoxide poisoning, Raynaud's sign, symptom

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