cyanotic

adjective

cy·a·not·ic ˌsī-ə-ˈnä-tik

: marked by or causing a bluish or purplish discoloration (as of the skin and mucous membranes) due to deficient oxygenation of the blood : relating to or affected with cyanosis

On arrival at the emergency room, the patient was cyanotic and unconscious with labored respirations at 40/min.—

Dorwyn W. Croom

… I turned back the sheet to find that his foot was becoming dangerously cyanotic.—

Dorothy Still Danner

cyanotic heart disease

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Thousands of cyanotic children were helped by the same operation until later surgeries were able to repair the defect itself. —

Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022 The catheters are used to enlarge an existing atrial septal defect as a treatment option for patients with cyanotic congenital heart defects. —

Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020