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exsanguination

noun
/ɛkˌsæŋɡwɪˈneɪʃən/US

Etymology

From exsanguinate + -ion.

  1. learned borrowing from exsanguinātus — “depleted of blood, exsanguinated; lacking blood, bloodless”
  2. suffixed as exsanguination — “exsanguinate + ion”

Definitions

  1. Bloodletting.

  2. Hemorrhage.

  3. Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for…

    Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for exsanguination. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA