livor mortis
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin līvor (“bluish colour”) + Latin mortis (“of death”).
Noun
editlivor 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
editsettling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
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