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Noun: cyanosis  `sIu'nowsis
  1. A bluish discolouration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning)

Type of: symptom

Part of: carbon monoxide poisoning

Encyclopedia: Cyanosis

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