cyanosis
- n a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning)
- A bizarre symptom was the cyanosis of her hands and feet: it ended so abruptly at the wrists and ankles that she might have been wearing blue gloves and socks.
- Resultant anemia and cyanosis are "less marked" than with the use of sulfanilamide.
- Adela's cough became worse, she was suffering from respiratory distress and her hands and feet were showing signs of cyanosis that is, they were turning blue.