| postmortem livedo | A purple colouration of dependent parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels. Synonym: postmortem hypostasis, postmortem lividity, postmortem suggillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| angiitis livedo reticularis | A persistent purplish network-patterned discoloration of the skin caused by dilation of capillaries and venules due to stasis or changes in underlying blood vessels including hyalinization; rarely appears as a developmental defect. Synonym: angiitis livedo reticularis, dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, livedo racemosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| livedo | A discoloured spot or patch on the skin, commonly due to passive congestion, commonly used alone to refer to l. Reticularis. (18 Nov 1997) |
| livedo racemosa | A persistent purplish network-patterned discoloration of the skin caused by dilation of capillaries and venules due to stasis or changes in underlying blood vessels including hyalinization; rarely appears as a developmental defect. Synonym: angiitis livedo reticularis, dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, livedo racemosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo reticularis | A persistent purplish network-patterned discoloration of the skin caused by dilation of capillaries and venules due to stasis or changes in underlying blood vessels including hyalinization; rarely appears as a developmental defect. Synonym: angiitis livedo reticularis, dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis, livedo racemosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo reticularis idiopathica | An extensive and permanent form of livedo reticularis; in rare instances associated with central arterial disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo reticularis symptomatica | A discoloration or mottling of the skin due to some demonstrable cause, such as seen in erythema ab igne, and in certain tuberculids. See: cutis marmorata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo telangiectatica | A permanent mottling of the skin due to an anomaly, probably congenital, of the cutaneous capillaries; a form of livedo reticularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo vasculitis | Hyaline degeneration of the walls of small dermal blood vessels with occlusion seen with cryoglobulinaemia or in atrophie blanche. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem | 1. After death; as, postmortem rigidity. Pertaining to or occurring during the period after death. 2. Colloquialism for autopsy. Postmortem examination, an examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy. Origin: post-+ L. Acc. Case of mors (mort-), death (21 Jun 2000) |
| postmortem changes | Changes that occur in bodies after death. (12 Dec 1998) |
| postmortem clot | A clot formed in the heart or great vessels after death. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem delivery | Extraction of the foetus after the death of its mother. Synonym: perimortem delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem examination | <procedure> A surgical procedure, postmortem, which involves the examination of body tissues, often to determine cause of death. (02 Jan 1998) |
| postmortem hypostasis | A purple colouration of dependent parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels. Synonym: postmortem hypostasis, postmortem lividity, postmortem suggillation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postmortem lividity | A purple colouration of dependent parts, except in areas of contact pressure, appearing within one half to two hours after death, as a result of gravitational movement of blood within the vessels. Synonym: postmortem hypostasis, postmortem lividity, postmortem suggillation. (05 Mar 2000) |