What's the difference between discoloration and livor?
Discoloration
Definition:
(n.) The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.
(n.) A discolored spot; a stain.
Example Sentences:
(1) Discoloration and pulpal obliteration were the major manifestations.
(2) The etched porcelain laminate veneer is a new conservative treatment that offers a solution to fractured, discolored, and worn anterior teeth.
(3) In a relative safe way many types of discoloration can be treated.
(4) Treatment did not influence total or percent discolored areas.
(5) After 24 h, the extensor digitorum longus and tibialis anterior muscles appeared grossly swollen (edematous) and discolored.
(6) Scar tissue and leukoderma-type discoloration of the skin due to deep burns are treated by dermabrasion and thin split-thickness skin-graft application.
(7) The test strips are not absolutely yeastspecific, since problem organisms and molds may cause a brown discoloration.
(8) Interest in the use of bleaching for treatment of discolored teeth is increasing.
(9) The discolored area had enlarged during a recent pregnancy, contained multiple subcutaneous nodules, demonstrated increased cellularity and mitotic activity, and was associated with an axillary lymph node containing black streaks within the capsule.
(10) Subjects who developed dark brownish discoloration on the facial surfaces of their anterior teeth during a 3-week period following professional cleaning of the teeth were selected for study.
(11) The hearts of these rats were enlarged and discolored.
(12) The surgical procedure consisted of debriding muscle tissue which showed impaired contractility, consistency, discoloration or lack of capillary bleeding--current criteria of non-viability.
(13) The second group included generally younger patients (average age 2.9 years) in whom misformulation of rifampicin preparations for treatment of Haemophilus influenzae Type B resulted in bright reddish-orange discoloration to the skin.
(14) Circumpulpal discoloration commenced on the sixth day postmortem and increased to 18 days.
(15) A yellow compound was isolated from commercially available, discolored, polyethylene ophthalmic closures containing titanium dioxide and butylated hydroxytoluene (I).
(16) A weak chelator did not alter the discoloration tendency.
(17) Five patients are reported in whom brownish grey discoloration occurred on the light-exposed parts of the dermis after long-term amiodarone-medication.
(18) Chicks exhibited cerebellar and cerebral encephalitis characterized by brown-red discoloration of affected brain tissue.
(19) The risk factors studied included: donor parameters (age, sex, cause of death, haemodynamic parameters and renal function); retrieval parameters (kidney alone or multiorgan harvesting, discoloration and renal perfusion quality); organ characteristics (multiple arteries and cold ischemia time); recipients parameters (age, sex, prior transplantation, local transplantation or not, and HLA matching).
(20) With the breakdown of trapped hemoglobin, iron-containing hemosiderin is stored in synovial tissue producing rusty discoloration and proliferative reaction.
Livor
Definition:
(n.) Malignity.
Example Sentences:
(1) Beside the beginning formation of bubbles there was subcutaneous blood vessel exposition, especially in parts outside of the Livor mortis.
(2) The review of 32 deaths resulting from hypothermia yielded mostly the common pathological findings as bright red livores, haemolytic frost marks of the skin and Wichnewski erosions of the gastric mucosa.