lividity
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From livid + -ity; compare French lividité.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
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Translations[edit]
state or quality of being livid
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livid area of skin
livor mortis, suggillation — see livor mortis
Further reading[edit]
- “lividity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.