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CYANOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("cyanosis" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyanosis"):
acrocyanosis; Raynaud's sign (cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion)
Holonyms ("cyanosis" is a part of...):
carbon monoxide poisoning (a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas)
Context examples:
It is manifested during infancy with cyanosis, dyspnea, and rapidly progressing heart failure.
(Aortic Valve Atresia, NCI Thesaurus)
It manifests with dyspnea and cyanosis and may lead to cardiovascular shock.
(Acute Respiratory Failure, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms appear early in life and include dyspnea, wheezing, and cyanosis.
(Congenital Lobar Emphysema, NCI Thesaurus)
Ingestion of benzidine causes cyanosis, headache, mental confusion, nausea and vomiting.
(Benzidine, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by deficiency of the enzyme NADH methemoglobin reductase or the presence of abnormal hemoglobin M. It presents with cyanosis early in life.
(Congenital Methemoglobinemia, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs and symptoms include cyanosis that is present at birth, poor growth, dyspnea, tachypnea, arrhythmia, cardiomegaly, and heart failure.
(Persistent Truncus Arteriosus, NCI Thesaurus)
Exposure to p-biphenylamine causes headaches, lethargy, cyanosis, urinary burning and hematuria. p-Biphenylamine is a mutagen and carcinogen in humans and is associated with an increased risk of developing bladder cancer.
(p-Biphenylamine, NCI Thesaurus)
Human ingestion of phenacetin can result in a bluish discoloration of the skin due to a lack of oxygen in the blood (cyanosis), dizziness and respiratory depression.
(Phenacetin, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms in a newborn with this abnormality include excessive salivation, choking, coughing, and the development of cyanosis and respiratory distress when fed.
(Esophageal Atresia, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical presentation may include cardiac arrhythmia, cyanosis, heart failure or sudden death.
(Cardiac Fibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
