livor mortis
[ lahy-vawr mawr-tis, -ver ]
/ ˈlaɪ vɔr ˈmɔr tɪs, -vər /
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.
Origin of livor mortis
< Latin
livor ‘bluish-purple’ +
mortis ‘of death’
Words nearby livor mortis
livingstone,
livingstone daisy,
livonia,
livonian,
livor,
livor mortis,
livorno,
livraison,
livre,
livy,
livyer