exsanguination
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- noun
- /ɛkˌsæŋɡwɪˈneɪʃən/
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desangrado
- I'm no medic, but I'd say it was loss of blood that finished him. "Exsanguination," I remarked.
- death from exsanguination
Examples
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After the tragic event, the doctor confirmed that the victim died from exsanguination caused by a deep wound.
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Cause of death: exsanguination.
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And I concluded after much research that it was exsanguination or bleeding to death.
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Death by exsanguination.
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The animals were killed by exsanguination, and the left kidney was harvested into liquid nitrogen for proteomic analysis.
Academic text (2018) -
Exsanguination via stab wounds.
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Exsanguination by internal hemorrhage.
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Exsanguination from five lacerations: Two to the forehead, one to the right temple, and two to the occipital bone.
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Already, Gina had inserted an exsanguination needle into the vein that she and Helga had located.
Fiction book (1992) -
He glanced at the blood, more blue than red, moving through the clear plastic exsanguination tube into the purring bypass machine.
Fiction book (1992)
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
exsanguination = exsanguinate (opaque) = ex + sanguin + ation
Although formed from the productive prefix 'ex-' and the combining form 'sanguin-', the medical sense relies on specialized vocabulary and the 'sanguin-' element is not transparent to average learners.
Etymology
Exsanguination comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and sanguis 'blood'. So it means blood flowing 'out', which is why exsanguination refers to a very large loss of blood that can lead to death.