cyanosis
/ˌsaɪəˈnoʊsɪs/
cyanosis noun: a blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen.
Noun
cyanosis (countable and uncountable, plural cyanoses)
- A blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen.
- She has real, real deep cyanosis around the eyes and mouth too.2025 July 25 [2023 April 21], Midwest Safety, “Evil Mother Does The Unthinkable to her Child”, in YouTube (video)
- Synonyms:
- cyanopathy
cyanosis meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese
cyanosis in Tamil
- உயிர்வளி குறைவால் உடல் நீலமடைதல், நீல ஏற்றம், நீலத்தன்மை, நீலம்பாய்தல், நீலம்பூரித்தல், நீல்வாதை
cyanosis in Arabic
- discolouration of the skin
- زرقة zurqa
cyanosis in Indonesian
- discolouration of the skin
- sianosis
cyanosis in Vietnamese
- discolouration of the skin
- chứng xanh tím
Synonyms of cyanosis
Forms of cyanosis
| plural | cyanoses |
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Origin of cyanosis
From cyano- + -osis.
Words formed from cyanosis
Questions about cyanosis
- What does cyanosis mean?
- Cyanosis means a blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen.
- What is cyanosis in Tamil?
- Cyanosis in Tamil is உயிர்வளி குறைவால் உடல் நீலமடைதல், நீல ஏற்றம், நீலத்தன்மை. See Cyanosis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cyanosis?
- Cyanosis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cyanosis?
- Cyanosis is pronounced /ˌsaɪəˈnoʊsɪs/ (US).
- What is the plural of cyanosis?
- The plural of cyanosis is cyanoses.
Words near cyanosis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cyanosis (page history and authors); cyanosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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