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CYANOSIS [3 records]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Cyanosis occurring when blood is deoxygenated in the vessels in venous stasis or in the tissues from extravasation. Many normal persons have localized venous stasis in some parts of the body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Cyanose provenant de la désoxygénation excessive du sang dans une traversé ralentie des capillaires périphériques limitée à un territoire donné (acrocyanose, cyanose sous-jacente à une compression veineuse), et s'accompagnant de refroidissement local.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

A dark bluish or purplish coloration of the skin and mucous membrane due to deficient oxygenation of the blood, evident when reduced hemoglobin in the blood exceeds 5 g per 100 ml.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Coloration bleue de la peau et des muqueuses due à un trouble de l'oxygénation du sang.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
DEF

Coloración morada o azulosa de la piel, característica de ciertas lesiones pulmonares o cardiacas.

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Record 3 2003-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
DEF

A cyanosislike greyish discoloration of skin and mucous membranes that is not due to alteration of hemoglobin or low oxygen saturation of hemoglobin, but is due to the presence of pigments in the skin, such as the silver occurring in argyria or the iron and melanin in hemachromatosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Épiderme et derme

Spanish

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