lividity

English

Etymology

From livid +‎ -ity; compare French lividité.

Noun

lividity (usually uncountable, plural lividities)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being livid.
(countable) A livid area of skin, such as a bruise, or as is often found on cadavers.
(uncountable) Livor mortis, suggillation.

Synonyms

lividness

Related terms

Translations

state or quality of being livid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵青 (zh), 铁青 (zh) (tiěqīng)

Finnish: mustelmaisuus, lautuneisuus
Russian: синю́шность (ru) f (sinjúšnostʹ)

livid area of skin

Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃萎病 (zh), 黄萎病 (zh) (huángwěibìng)

Finnish: mustelma (fi), lautuma (fi)
Russian: циано́з (ru) m (cianóz)

livor mortis, suggillation — see livor mortis

References

lividity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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