lividity
Postmortem skin pooling
Lividity is the dark purplish discoloration that appears in the lowest parts of a corpse as blood pools after death—a key indicator forensic investigators use to determine whether a body has been moved.
More generally, lividity describes the bluish or leaden color of bruised or congested tissue.
The word can also mean intense anger, from the idea of someone turning livid with rage: His lividity was evident in his clenched jaw and white knuckles.
Examination after death
- hypostasisUnderlying essence or substance
- poolingMerging shared contributions
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
- coronerPublic death investigator
autopsy · death · corpse · morgue · forensics · time of death · cadaver · examination
Tissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- black-and-blueDiscolored from injury
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
impact · swelling · tenderness · discoloration · purpura · petechiae · blood · subcutaneous
Blue skin from low oxygen
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- asphyxiationDeath from oxygen loss
- bluenessState of being azure
deoxygenation · circulation · oxygen · skin · pallor · discoloration · mottled · dusky
Intense violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
- outrageFierce moral indignation
ire · flushed · apoplectic · seething · incensed · vehemence · hostility · resentment
postmortem
Examination after death
- hypostasisUnderlying essence or substance
- poolingMerging shared contributions
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
coroner · autopsy · death · corpse · morgue · forensics · time of death · cadaver · examination · decomposition
contusion
Tissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- black-and-blueDiscolored from injury
- traumaLasting psychological wound
injury · impact · swelling · tenderness · discoloration · purpura · petechiae · blood · subcutaneous · blunt force
cyanosis
Blue skin from low oxygen
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
- suffocationFatal lack of air
- asphyxiationDeath from oxygen loss
blueness · deoxygenation · circulation · oxygen · skin · pallor · discoloration · mottled · dusky · peripheral
fury
Intense violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- indignationAnger from mistreatment
outrage · ire · flushed · apoplectic · seething · incensed · vehemence · hostility · resentment · animosity
- forensic pathologyautopsy, coroner, medical examiner, cause of death, pathologist
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- autopsy findingscause of death, manner of death, time of death, toxicology, histopathology
- discolorationdiscoloration, stain, stains, staining, spots
- corpsescadaver, corpse, body, remains, carcass
- forensic evidenceDNA evidence, fingerprints, DNA, blood, DNA testing
lividityrosiness
Pinkish, healthy hue
flush · healthy glow · ruddiness · pinkness · pallor
lividityserenity
Undisturbed mental quietude
tranquility · composure · placidity · equanimity · peacefulness
lividitycirculation
Movement through a system
perfusion · vitality · liveliness · oxygenation · living tissue