livor mortis

English

Etymology

From Latin līvor (“bluish colour”) + Latin mortis (“of death”).

Noun

livor mortis (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin, typically occurring after death.

Synonyms

• hypostasis
• lividity (i.e., postmortem lividity)
• suggillation

Translations

settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body

• Catalan: livideses cadavèriques f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 屍斑 / 尸斑 (zh) (shībān)

• Finnish: lautuma (fi)
• French: lividités cadavériques f pl
• German: Totenfleck (de) m, Leichenfleck (de) m
• Japanese: 死斑 (ja) (しはん, shihan)
• Korean: 시반 (siban)
• Polish: plamy opadowe f pl
• Russian: тру́пные пя́тна (ru) n pl (trúpnyje pjátna)
• Spanish: livor mortis m