livor mortis

English

Etymology

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

Noun

livor mortis (uncountable)

(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

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

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