exsanguination

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US/ɛkˌsæŋɡwɪˈneɪʃən/

noun

Bloodletting.

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Meanings

nounexsanguination (countable and uncountable, plural exsanguinations)

plural exsanguinations

  1. countableuncountableBloodletting.
  2. countableuncountableHemorrhage.
  3. countableuncountableSlaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
  4. countableuncountableThe 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. countableuncountablemedicineExcessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.

Origin

From exsanguinate + -ion.

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Translations

Russian кровопотеря
  • кровопотеря (krovopoterja)excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage
Swedish förblödning, blodförlust
  • förblödningexcessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage
  • blodförlustexcessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with exsanguination

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APA

exsanguination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsanguination

MLA

“exsanguination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsanguination. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exsanguination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsanguination.

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