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Definition: Cyanosis |
CyanosisNoun1. A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to an increase in the amount of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule. (references) |
Medicine | A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes, due to insufficient oxygenation of the blood. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | 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. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cyanosis can occurs in the fingers and extremities (called peripheral cyanosis), or in the lips and face (central cyanosis).
Peripheral cyanosis suggests that there is poor circulation in the small vesselss involved, such as when a person's hands are very cold.
Central cyanosis suggests the problem is to do with the heart's ability to pump blood, or the state of the blood itself.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cyanosis."
Crosswords: Cyanosis |
| English words defined with "cyanosis": acrocyanosis ♦ Cyanosed, Cyanotic ♦ Fallot's syndrome, Fallot's tetralogy ♦ hyaline membrane disease ♦ Raynaud's sign, respiratory distress syndrome, respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn ♦ tetralogy of Fallot. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cyanosis": Eisenmenger Complex, Esophageal Atresia ♦ Hemoglobin M ♦ Meconium Aspiration, methaemoglobinaemia ♦ Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome ♦ Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's Phenomenon ♦ Superior Vena Cava Syndrome. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cyanosis" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Latin (cyanosis). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cyanosis. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | People who have poor supply of oxygen usually have a bluish tinge to their skin, lips, and nailbeds, a condition called cyanosis. (references) | |
Apnea of Infancy (AOI)--An unexplained episode of cessation of breathing for 20 seconds or longer, or a shorter respiratory pause associated with bradycardia, cyanosis, pallor, and/or marked hypotonia. (references) | ||
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| "Cyanosis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cyanosis" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cyanosis": cyanosis of retina ♦ retinal cyanosis. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cyanosis | 51 |
central cyanosis | 3 |
cyanosis trauma | 2 |
cyanosis picture | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cyanosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الازرقاق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цианоза. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '紫. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cyanose (cyanemia, cyanoderma, cyanopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cyanose (blue disease, cyanemia, cyanoderma, cyanopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یرقان ازرق(طب), رنج کبود. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syanoosi, sinerrys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cyanose (cyanemia, cyanoderma, cyanopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zyanose (cyanemia, cyanoderma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυάνωσισ, κυάνωσις (cyanopathy), κυάνωση (blue disease, blueing, cyanemia, cyanide hardening, cyaniding, cyanoderma), κυανοπάθεια (cyanopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כחלון (blueness, lividity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elkékülés, kékkór. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cianosi (cyanemia, cyanoderma, cyanopathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '色症 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいしょくしょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | keeanoysh, gormaghey (blue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yanosiscay cianose (blue disease, cyanemia, cyanoderma, cyanopathy). (various references) cianozã. (various references) синюха (blue disease), цианоз. (various references) cijanoza. (various references) cianosis (blue disease, cyanemia, cyanoderma, cyanopathy). (various references) cyanos. (various references) ціаноз. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cyanosis, galazoma. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Cyanosis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Canisius, Cyamopsis, cyanose, Cynewise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cyanosis" (pronounced 'Cy`a*no"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: caisson, casinos, cassino, syconia. | |
-2 letters: cansos, casino, scions, sonics. | |
-3 letters: ayins, cains, canso, cions, cissy, coins, cyano, cyans, icons, noisy, oasis, ossia, sains, sasin, scans, scion, sonic, sonsy, soyas, syncs, yonic, yonis. | |
-4 letters: ains, anis, asci, ayin, cain, cans, cays, ciao, cion, coin, coni, cons, cony, coss, cosy, coys, cyan, icon, ions, naoi, naos. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: crayonists. | |
+3 letters: actomyosins, isocyanates, syndicators. | |
+4 letters: asynchronies, asynchronism, calypsonians, chrysarobins, cyanogenesis, hyoscyamines, idiosyncrasy, postsynaptic, recessionary, subsonically, sycophancies, sycophantish, sycophantism, syncopations, syndications. | |
+5 letters: actinomycoses, actinomycosis, asynchronisms, concessionary, cytochalasins, gynecomastias, indissociably, microanalyses, microanalysis, microanalysts, nonphysicians, nonsensically, nonsystematic, plastocyanins, prostacyclins, sacrosanctity, sycophantisms. | |
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