exsanguination
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
exsanguination (countable and uncountable, plural exsanguinations)
- Bloodletting.
- Hemorrhage.
- Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
- (pathology) Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
exsanguination f (plural exsanguinations)
Further reading
- “exsanguination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.