lividity

English

Etymology

From livid +‎ -ity; compare French lividité.

Noun

lividity (usually uncountable, plural lividities)

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

Synonyms

• lividness

Related terms

• livid
• lividly

Translations

state or quality of being livid

• Chinese:

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

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

livid area of skin

• Chinese:

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

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

livor mortis, suggillation — see livor mortis

References

• “lividity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.