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cyanosis /cy·a·no·sis/ (si″ah-no´sis) a bluish discoloration of skin and mucous membranes due to excessive concentration of reduced hemoglobin in the blood.cyanot´ic
central cyanosis that due to arterial unsaturation, the aortic blood carrying reduced hemoglobin. enterogenous cyanosis a syndrome due to absorption of nitrites and sulfides from the intestine, marked primarily by methemoglobinemia and/or sulfhemoglobinemia with cyanosis, as well as severe enteritis, constipation or diarrhea, headache, dyspnea, dizziness, syncope, and anemia. peripheral cyanosis that due to an excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the venous blood as a result of extensive oxygen extraction at the capillary level. pulmonary cyanosis central cyanosis due to poor oxygenation of the blood in the lungs. cyanosis re´tinae cyanosis of the retina, observable in certain congenital cardiac defects. shunt cyanosis central cyanosis due to the mixing of unoxygenated blood with arterial blood in the heart or great vessels.
cyanosis [si″ah-no´sis] a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive concentration of reduced hemoglobin in the blood. adj., adj cyanot´ic. central cyanosis that due to arterial unsaturation, the aortic blood carrying reduced hemoglobin. enterogenous cyanosis a syndrome due to absorption of nitrites and sulfides from the intestine, principally marked by methemoglobinemia and/or sulfhemoglobinemia associated with cyanosis, and accompanied by severe enteritis, abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, headache, dyspnea, dizziness, syncope, anemia, and, occasionally, digital clubbing and indicanuria. peripheral cyanosis that due to an excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the venous blood as a result of extensive oxygen extraction at the capillary level.
cyanosis a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to excessive concentration of reduced hemoglobin in the blood. Used wrongly by clinicians describing skin lesions in pigs where there is severe congestion of cutaneous vessels and some leakage of blood into perivascular tissues. central cyanosis that due to arterial unsaturation, the aortic blood carrying reduced hemoglobin. enterogenous cyanosis a syndrome due to absorption of nitrites and sulfides from the intestine, principally marked by methemoglobinemia and/or sulfhemoglobinemia associated with cyanosis. peripheral cyanosis that due to an excessive amount of reduced hemoglobin in the venous blood as a result of extensive oxygen extraction at the capillary level. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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