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Cyanosis
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Cyanosis
Cyanosis: A bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood. For example, the lips may show cyanosis. Cyanosis can be evident at birth, as in a 'blue baby' who has a heart malformation that permits blood that is not fully oxygenated to enter the arterial cir... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=10671
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cyanosis
Blueish appearance of skin due to insufficient oxygenation of blood in capillaries. May be natural (response to cold) or pathological (cyanide poisoning, among other things).
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Cyanosis
Cy`a·no'sis noun [ New Latin See Cyanic .] (Medicine) A condition in which, from insufficient aëration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See Cyanopathy . Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/209
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cyanosis
<clinical sign> 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) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?cyanosis
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cyanosis
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) Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cyanosis
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cyanosis
(si″ә-no´sis) a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive concentration of reduced hemoglobin in the blood. adj., cyanot´ic., adj. central cyanosis that due to arterial unsaturation, the aortic blood carrying reduced hemoglobin. ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Cyanosis
• (n.) A condition in which, from insufficient a/ration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See Cyanopathy. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/cyanosis/
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cyanosis
(from the article `cardiovascular disease`) ...the pulmonary blood vessels. The result is a form of heart failure partly based on an obstruction to blood flow through the pulmonary vessels, ... [3 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/173
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cyanosis
(Gr. kyanos blue) a bluish discoloration, applied especially to such discoloration of skin and mucous membranes due to excessive concentration of reduced haemoglobin in the blood. Found op http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/DIC/dictio22.html
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Cyanosis
Cyanosis is the appearance of a blue or purple coloration of the skin or mucous membranes due to the tissues near the skin surface being low on oxygen. The onset of cyanosis is 2.5 g/dL of deoxyhemoglobin. The bluish color is more readily apparent in those with high hemoglobin counts than it is wit... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanosis
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cyanosis
Type: Term Pronunciation: sī′ă-nō′sis Definitions: 1. A dark bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membrane due to deficient oxygenation of the blood, evident when reduced hemoglobin in the blood exceeds 5 g/100 mL. Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=22156
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cyanosis
The bluish tinge of skin and mucous membranes seen when there is too little oxygen bound to hemoglobin in the blood. If generalized it may due to inadequate oxygen reaching the blood or failure of the blood circulation; this may be chronic or acute, the latter often needing early treatment or resusc... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/cyanosis.html
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Cyanosis
A bluish or purplish coloration of the skin and mucus membranes that occurs when there is not enough oxygen in the blood. Cyanosis in the newborn could be the result of congenital heart disease, pneumonia, meconium aspiration and neonatal sepsis. Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/C/11
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