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LIVEDO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does livedo mean?
• LIVEDO (noun)
The noun LIVEDO has 1 sense:
1. skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin
Familiarity information: LIVEDO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Skin disorder characterized by patchy bluish discolorations on the skin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("livedo" is a kind of...):
disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)
Context examples
Secondary livedo reticularis may be a cutaneous manifestation of immune system disorders (e.g., lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, cryoglobulinemia, lymphoma, etc), and hematologic disorders (polycythemia vera).
(Livedo Reticularis, NCI Thesaurus)
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