A condition or medical term referring to blue or blue-green coloration of the skin or tissues, historically used in pathology.
From cyano- (blue) + chroia (Greek chros 'color/complexion'). An older medical term from Greek combining forms describing skin discoloration.
Cyanochroia is one of those wonderful old medical terms that describe what doctors literally saw—patients with blue or greenish skin discoloration from various poisonings, infections, or circulation problems.
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