Friday word: Exsanguination
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1word1dayA medical term again this week, due to recent...erm...inspiration (don't ask...):
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ex·san·gui·na·tion noun \(ˌ)ek(s)-ˌsaŋ-gwə-ˈnā-shən\ : the action or process of draining or losing blood
(in lay terms, "bleeding out", i.e., bleeding to death)
— ex·san·gui·nate transitive verb
Etymology:
Latin exsanguinatus drained of blood, from ex- + sanguin-, sanguis blood
First Known Use: circa 1909
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ex·san·gui·na·tion noun \(ˌ)ek(s)-ˌsaŋ-gwə-ˈnā-shən\ : the action or process of draining or losing blood
(in lay terms, "bleeding out", i.e., bleeding to death)
— ex·san·gui·nate transitive verb
Etymology:
Latin exsanguinatus drained of blood, from ex- + sanguin-, sanguis blood
First Known Use: circa 1909
