exsanguinate

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood.

   • The substance of the brain was not congested but, on the contrary, exsanguinated.
   • Dr. [J. Leonard] Corning first exsanguinates the part to be anæsthetized with an Esmarch bandage. He next applies a tourniquet above the bandage and the latter is removed.
2. 2

   To kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss.

   • And I do have to admit that once the episode revealed that the girls killed their dads because of a chromosomal predisposition, I made a note to have my daughter tested for that "exsanguinate your father" gene!
3. 3

   To bleed profusely

   To bleed profusely; also, to die by means of blood loss.

   • He won't tolerate not doing a resection. Now let's get this stomach out and get out of here before he exsanguinates on the table!
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   1. 4

      To cause blood to drain from a body or body part, or profuse bleeding.

      • A mild galvanic current stimulates functional activity, promotes absorption; a stronger current contracts and exsanguinates.
      • If sterile blood [from a rat] is required an alternative method is to exsanguinate under terminal anaesthesia by withdrawing blood from the heart with a sterile syringe and needle.

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