Definition of "livor" [‖Li•vor]

• Skin discoloration, as from a bruise, or occurring after death. (noun)
• Malice. (noun)

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• "The paramedics checked for lividity—the livor mortis that occurs when the heart stops beating and blood sinks to the lowest part of the body, eventually leaving fixed purplish-red stains or striated marks there."
• "Her calf was discolored—the purplish stain of developing livor mortis as blood settled to the lower limbs."
• "MICHAEL ARNALL, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST: Dr. Baden is going to use rigor mortis or the stiffening of the body, livor mortis, or the settling of blood due to gravity, the temperature of the body, and if they know what the family ate for dinner, possibly the gastric emptying time."