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white as in "albino"
The lack of pigmentation indicated that the patient was developing an albino (lack of color) condition. |
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green as in "chlorosis"
The patient with anemia was developing a chlorosis (green look condition brought about by lack of red blood cells and oxygen in the circulating blood) tinge. |
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color as in "chromatism"
The silver nitrate solution applied to the patient's skin created a chromatism (abnormal pigmentism). |
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yellow as in "cirrhosis"
The patient with liver failure was experiencing cirrhosis (yellow condition). |
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blue as in "cyanosis"
The heart attack patient was experiencing cyanosis (condition of blue skin). |
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| Symptoms of cirrhosis of the liver include: |
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| Cyanosis occurs in people who are lacking adequate perfusion (circulation) of oxygenated blood. This condition occurs around the lips and ears, and it's accompanied by poor blanching of the fingernail beds (squeezing the nail and releasing should show a return of color in one to three seconds). |
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| Silver nitrate solution is a clear liquid that changes everything it comes in contact with into a dark brown color. |
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| Cyanosis occurs in people who are lacking adequate perfusion (circulation) of oxygenated blood. This condition occurs around the lips and ears, and it's accompanied by poor blanching of the fingernail beds (squeezing the nail and releasing should show a return of color in one to three seconds). |
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| red as in "erythema" (flushing) |
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| grey as in "poliomyelitis" or "polio" |
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| Also called polio, it is inflammation of the gray matter of the brain and at the spinal cord. |
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| purple or porphyria as in "purpurinuria" (purplish urine) |
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rose as in "rhodococcus"
The zookeeper got sick from a rhodococcus (microscopic rose-colored bacteria) infection. |
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| yellow as in "xanthodont" |
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