livor mortis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin līvor (“bluish colour”) + Latin mortis (“of death”).
Noun[edit]
livor mortis (uncountable)
- (medicine) A settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin, typically occurring after death.
Synonyms[edit]
- hypostasis
- lividity (i.e., postmortem lividity)
- suggillation
Translations[edit]
settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
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