lividity

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

livid area of skin

Chinese: Mandarin: 黃萎病／黄萎病 (zh) (huángwěibìng) Finnish: mustelma (fi), lautuma (fi) Russian: циано́з (ru) m (cianóz)

livor mortis, suggillation — see livor mortis

Further reading

• lividity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913