noun
Meaning 1
Bloodletting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
exsanguination
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɛkˌsæŋɡwɪˈneɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun
Meaning 2
Hemorrhage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The process of draining the blood of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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History
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.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: кровопотеря (krovopoterja) — excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage
- Swedish: förblödning — excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage
- Swedish: blodförlust — excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage