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livor mortis
[ lahy-vawr mawr-tis, -ver ]
noun
- Medicine/Medical. a bluish-purple discoloration of the skin on the dependent parts of a dead human body, caused by hypostasis, or accumulation of blood due to the action of gravity.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of livor mortis1
From Latin livor 鈥渂luish-purple鈥 + mortis 鈥渙f death鈥
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Livor mortis, when blood settles to the lowest part of the body, begins soon after death, and the blood is 鈥渟et鈥 within about six hours, says A.J.
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Then, we describe the degree of聽rigor mortis聽and聽livor mortis聽鈥 which is the way gravity聽pulls blood to聽the lower parts of聽a body after death,聽causing the skin to appear purplish-red.
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