Look up: cyanosis

1. Cyanosis
   Cyanosis is a blueness of the skin and mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygenation. It may be caused by poor circulation, or by poor oxygenation of the blood.
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2. Cyanosis
   A blueness of the skin or mucous membrane, due to insufficient oxygenation of the blood, often found in cardiac insufficiency or occlusion of main veins.
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3. cyanosis
   [n] - a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes
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4. cyanosis
   A bluish colouration of the skin caused by lack of oxygen in the blood.
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5. cyanosis
   Bluish coloration, especially of the skin and mucous membranes and fingernail beds, caused by abnormally large amounts of reduced hemoglobin in the blood vessels as a result of deficient oxygenation.
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6. Cyanosis
   The bluey colour one goes when low in oxygen.
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7. Cyanosis
   a bluish discoloration of the skin, caused by low levels of oxygen in the blood
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8. Cyanosis
   Dark blue skin colour from lack of oxygen in blood or poor circulation to the skin. Most noticeable in the fingers, lips, tip of the nose and the ears
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9. Cyanosis
   Blue or purple discolouration of the lips and nails, due to reduced amount of oxygen in blood
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10. Cyanosis
    dark skin from lack of oxygenated blood
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11. cyanosis
    A blue-ish appearance of the skin and mucous membranes caused by the failure to oxygenate the blood adequately.
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12. Cyanosis
    Blueness of skin owing to circulation of imperfectly oxygenated blood.
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13. 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...
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14. cyanosis
    bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by inadequate oxygenation of the blood. It may be due to external causes, such as a plaster cast applied too tightly, compressing and causing poor venous return or due to illness, such as heart failure Category: Management in the public...
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15. 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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16. 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 .
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17. 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) ...
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18. 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)
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19. 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. ...
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20. Cyanosis
    • (n.) A condition in which, from insufficient a/ration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See Cyanopathy.
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21. 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]
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22. 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.
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23. 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...
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24. 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.
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25. 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...
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