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cyanose

/ˈsaɪənəʊz/

cyanose verb: to turn blue due to cyanosis.

Verb

cyanose (third-person singular simple present cyanoses, present participle cyanosing, simple past and past participle cyanosed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To turn blue due to cyanosis.

Adjective

cyanose (not comparable)

  1. Afflicted with cyanosis.
    Synonyms:
    cyanosed, cyanotic

Synonyms of cyanose

Forms of cyanose

third-person singular presentcyanoses
present participlecyanosing
past participlecyanosed
pastcyanosed

Questions about cyanose

What does cyanose mean?
Cyanose means to turn blue due to cyanosis.
What part of speech is cyanose?
Cyanose can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce cyanose?
Cyanose is pronounced /ˈsaɪənəʊz/.
What is the past tense of cyanose?
The past tense of cyanose is cyanosed.

Words near cyanose in the dictionary

  1. cyanopyridine
  2. cyanopyridines
  3. cyanoquinoline
  4. cyanoquinolines
  5. cyanos
  6. cyanose
  7. cyanosed
  8. cyanoses
  9. cyanosilylation
  10. cyanosilylations
  11. cyanosiphovirus

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