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Abstract
A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to an increase in the amount of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule.
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- Cyanoses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not use for cyanotic heart disease unless particularly discussed (=probably HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cyanosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003490. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003490
- Cyanosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanosis
- Cyanosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192120