Where does “cyanosis” come from?

Cyanosis comes from Ancient Greek -ωσις, a suffix forming nouns from verbs in Ancient Greek -όω, denoting a condition or state resulting from the verbal action.

cyanosis (English): A blue discolouration of the skin due to the...

Definitions

  1. A blue discolouration of the skin due to the...

Ancestry of “cyanosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-osisfunctional disease or condition such as...
2New Latin-osisdative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...

Words derived from “cyanosis

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