exsanguination

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

exsanguination (countable and uncountable, plural exsanguinations)

1. Bloodletting.
2. Hemorrhage.
3. Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
4. (pathology) Excessive loss of blood due to hemorrhage.

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

exsanguination f (plural exsanguinations)

1. exsanguination

Further reading

• “exsanguination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.