lividity.

A bluish or purplish discoloration of skin, including discoloration associated with bruising or blood pooling after death.

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Words that belong together

• postmortem lividity
• lividity of the skin

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Postmortem lividity darkened the side on which the body lay.

The lividity of the skin showed through the torn fabric.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.