Assertion: cyanosis | /r/HasProperty | pathology
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text: In context|pathology|lang=en terms the difference between cyanosis and acrocyanosis is that cyanosis is (pathology) a blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen while acrocyanosis is (pathology) a persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the digits, most commonly occurring in the hands although also occurring in the face and feet as well.
text: As nouns the difference between cyanosis and acrocyanosis is that cyanosis is (pathology) a blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen while acrocyanosis is (pathology) a persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the digits, most commonly occurring in the hands although also occurring in the face and feet as well.
text: In pathology|lang=en terms the difference between cyanosis and jaundice is that cyanosis is (pathology) a blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen while jaundice is (pathology) a morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, queasiness, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude it is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood other causes include increased hemolysis and any liver disease the discoloration is caused by accumulation of bilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted in bile to give feces their normal yellow-brown coloration.
text: As nouns the difference between cyanosis and jaundice is that cyanosis is (pathology) a blue discolouration of the skin due to the circulation of blood low in oxygen while jaundice is (pathology) a morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, queasiness, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude it is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood other causes include increased hemolysis and any liver disease the discoloration is caused by accumulation of bilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted in bile to give feces their normal yellow-brown coloration.