exsanguination
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gwəˌneɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to drain of blood; make bloodless.
verb (used without object)
2.
to bleed to death.
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exsanguinate (ɪkˈsæŋɡwɪneɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| rare (tr) to drain the blood from | |
| [C19: from Latin exsanguināre] | |
| exsanguin'ation | |
| —n | |
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| exsanguinate (ɪkˈsæŋɡwɪneɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| rare (tr) to drain the blood from | |
| [C19: from Latin exsanguināre] | |
| exsanguin'ation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
exsanguinate
1849, from L. exsanguinat-, pp. stem of exsanguinare, from ex- "out," + sanguinem (nom. sanguis) "blood" (see sanguinary). Related: Exsanguinated; exsanguinating; exsanguination. As an adjective, exsanguine "bloodless" is attested from mid-17c. in literal and figurative use.
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Medical Dictionary
exsanguinate ex·san·gui·nate (ěks-sāng'gwə-nāt')
v. ex·san·gui·nat·ed, ex·san·gui·nat·ing, ex·san·gui·nates
To deprive of or drain of blood.
ex·san'gui·na'tion n.
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Example sentences
He died later that day in surgery from exsanguination.
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