Having a black and blue or a leaden or ashy gray color, as in discoloration from a contusion, congestion, or cyanosis. [L. lividus, being black and blue]
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adj.
denoting a bluish colour of the skin, such as that produced locally by a bruise or of the general complexion in cyanosis.
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liv·id (livґid) [L. lividus, lead-colored] discolored, as from the effects of contusion or congestion; black and blue.Medical dictionary. 2011.