CYANOSIS

(Lat.), n. f. Si(ku6)-aan(a3n)-os'ias. Gen., cyanos'- eos(-is). Gr., KVOMOO-IS. Fr., cyanose, ictere bleu. Ger., Cyanose, Blausucht. It., cianosi, cianopatia, itterizia bleu. Sp.. cianosis, cianopatia. Syn.: blue jaundice, cyanopathy, hcematocyanosis, hcematocyanopathia, kyanosis, morbus (seu icterus) cceruleus. 1. A bluish coloration of the skin from defective aeration of the blood, either temporary, as in asphyxia, collapse, etc., or permanent, as in the subjects of some malformation of the heart, especially persistent patency of the foramen ovale. [A, 301.] 2. Of Naumann lividity of the face from venous plethora. [A, 322.] [s. 480]