exsanguinate

动词 v.
/ɛkˈsæŋɡwɪneɪt/|/ɪk-/    /ɪkˈsæŋɡwəˌneɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To drain (a living or dead body, or (medicine, surgery) a body part) of blood. transitive
    — The substance of the brain was not congested but, on the contrary, exsanguinated.
  2. To kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss. transitive
    — And I do have to admit that once the episode revealed that the girls killed their dads because of a chromosomal predisposition, I made a note to have my daughter tested for that "exsanguinate your father" gene!
  3. To bleed profusely; also, to die by means of blood loss. intransitive
    — Universal precautions may not always be instituted in emergencies, as the nurse may find herself with no time to put on a pair of gloves or put on a gown and mask. A few examples of emergency cases are: patients that start to exsanguinate, vomiting blood in a projectile manner all over the room, […]
  4. To cause blood to drain from a body or body part, or profuse bleeding. intransitive
    — A mild galvanic current stimulates functional activity, promotes absorption; a stronger current contracts and exsanguinates.

词形变化

exsanguinates present,singular,third-person exsanguinating participle,present exsanguinated participle,past exsanguinated past

词源

PIE word
*h₁ésh₂r̥
Learned borrowing from New Latin exsanguinātus (“depleted of blood, exsanguinated; lacking blood, bloodless”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exsanguinātus is a participial adjective formed on ex- (“out, from”) + sanguī̆s (sanguin-) (“blood”) + -ātus.
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