sanguification

[ sang-gwuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

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noun

First recorded in 1570–80, sanguification is from the New Latin word sanguificātiōn- (stem of sanguificātiō ). See sangui-, -fication

How this happens, our knowledge of the theory of sanguification does not enable us to determine.

They also made a god of the secret power by which nature forms the blood of animals, and called it the god of sanguification.

The change which takes place in the lungs is called sanguification, or blood-making.

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