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A nurse tells a doctor that a patient is cyanotic. Define cyanosis .What does its presence imply?
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∙ 13y ago
Cyanosis is the bluish discoloration of the skin due to inadequate oxygenation of the blood; its presence implies that there are deoxygenated hemoglobins in the blood vessels, thus turning the color into a blue tone.
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