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exsanguination en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɛkˌsæŋɡwɪˈneɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English exsanguinate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English exsanguination From exsanguinate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Bloodletting.
2. (countable, uncountable) Hemorrhage.
3. (countable, uncountable) Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
4. (countable, uncountable) The process of draining the blood of an animal.
   • Solutrean points resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats. Indeed, they may have killed in a similar way - by exsanguination. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 219:
5. (countable, uncountable) Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.

Forms

Translations (3)

ru кровопотеря (excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage) · sv förblödning (excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage) · sv blodförlust (excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage)