Meanings
adjectivesanguiferous (not comparable)
- not comparableConveying blood.
‘Today we will begin with an examination of the principal sanguiferous conduits of the leg…’
1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 206
Origin
- Latinsanguis“blood”
- Englishsanguiferous
From sangui- + -ferous, from Latin sanguis (“blood”).
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Rhymes with sanguiferous
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