exsanguious

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adjective

Destitute of blood; bloodless.

“exsanguious liver”

OriginLatin exsanguis →
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Meanings

adjectiveexsanguious (comparative more exsanguious, superlative most exsanguious)

comparative more exsanguious · superlative most exsanguious · alternative exanguious

  1. archaicDestitute of blood; bloodless.

    exsanguious liver

    1 more example

    The third is the paucitie of blood obſerved in this animal, ſcarce at all to be found but in the eye, and about the heart; which defect being obſerved, inclined ſome into thoughts, that the ayre was a ſufficient maintenance for theſe exauguious^([sic – meaning exanguious]) parts.

    1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 162
  2. archaicbiologyWithout red blood.

    Insects are exsanguious.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bleaklividpallidwanwashed out

Origin

  1. Latinexsanguis
  2. Englishexsanguious

From Latin exsanguis, from ex (“out”) + sanguis, sanguinis (“blood”). Compare exsanguineous.

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APA

exsanguious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exsanguious

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Chicago

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