Path. [Cf. F. cyanose.] = CYANOSIS.
1834. J. Forbes, Laennecs Dis. Chest (ed. 4), 575. A violet or blueish colour of the skin named by several authors the blue jaundice, the blue disease, or cyanose.
Hence Cyanosed ppl. a., afflicted with, or having the appearance of, cyanosis (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., s.v. Cyanopathy, A child affected with blueness is said to be cyanosed.
1876. trans. Ziemssens Cycl. Med., IV. 635. In severe cases, even the hands and feet become cyanosed.