Phrase guide

livor mortis

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin, typically occurring after death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

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History

Etymology

From Latin līvor (“bluish colour”) + Latin mortis (“of death”).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: послесмъртни петна (poslesmǎrtni petna) — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Bulgarian: следсмъртни петна (sledsmǎrtni petna) — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Bulgarian: трупни петна (trupni petna) — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Catalan: livideses cadavèriques — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 屍斑 /尸斑 (shībān) — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Finnish: lautuma — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • French: lividités cadavériques — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • German: Totenfleck — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • German: Leichenfleck — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Japanese: 死斑 (shihan) — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Korean: 시반 (siban) — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Polish: plamy opadowe — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Polish: plamy pośmiertne — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Russian: тру́пные пя́тна (trúpnyje pjátna) — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body
  • Spanish: livor mortis — settling of the blood in the lower portion of the body