cyanotic
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- adjective
- /saɪəˈnɑtɪk/
- Specialized
- The doctor noted that the child was cyanotic, which required immediate medical attention.
- cyanotic blue
- really cyanotic
- very cyanotic
Examples
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On examination, fingers on both hands were cyanotic (Figures 1, 2, and 3), and all the peripheral pulses were present.
Academic text (2007) -
They also exhibited distressing symptoms, such as violent coughing fits producing blood-stained, frothy sputum, and turning blue (cyanotic).
Academic text (2012) -
The EMTs described her as very cyanotic when they arrived at her home and barely breathing, if at all.
Fiction book (1999) -
"But the trouble with that is that she was described as being cyanotic, or blue, by the EMTs." "Is that all?" Warren asked.
Fiction book (1999) -
Subject has been exhibiting some edema in the lower extremities, specifically the ankles, cyanotic around the lips, and the toes.
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Several hours after the completion of the chemotherapeutic treatment, the patient became acutely hypotensive and cyanotic, and ischemic changes were noted on his nose and digits.
Academic text (2006) -
His skin was an unhealthy shade of gray, with lips, fingernails, and toenails a cyanotic blue, lips slightly parted in an eternal exhalation.
Fiction book (1992) -
The patient's lips turned a disturbing cyanotic blue, signaling a serious lack of oxygen.
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Following the incident, her hands appeared cyanotic, indicating that she was not getting enough blood flow.
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Cyanotic comes from the Greek root kyanos, meaning 'dark blue', and is the same root as the color name cyan. That's why cyanotic describes skin or lips that turn 'bluish' when there is not enough oxygen in the blood.