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sangui-
- a combining form meaning “blood,” used in the formation of technical terms:
sanguiferous.
Word History and Origins
Origin of sangui-1
Example Sentences
Mass relocations still are carried out because some mountainous and other areas are too isolated, said Wang Sangui, president of the China Poverty Alleviation Research Institute of Renmin University in Beijing.
Mass relocations still are carried out because some mountainous and other areas are too isolated, said Wang Sangui, president of the China Poverty Alleviation Research Institute of Renmin University in Beijing.
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Words That Use sangui-
What does sangui- mean?
Sangui– is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “blood.” It is very occasionally used in medical terms, especially in anatomy.
Sangui– comes from Latin sanguineus, meaning “bloody.” A similar word in Latin was crūdus, meaning “uncooked, raw, bleeding,” which is the source of crude, cruel, and the color ecru (literally, “completely raw”). To learn more, check out our entries for all three words.
What are variants of sangui-?
A related combining form is sanguino–, meaning “blood” or “bloody,” as in sanguinopurulent. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use article on sanguino-.
Examples of sangui-
An example of a medical term that features sangui– is sanguiferous, “conveying blood, as a blood vessel.”
We know sangui– means “blood,” and the –ferous portion of the word means “carrying” or “bearing,” from the Latin verb ferre, meaning “to bear.” Sanguiferous literally translates to “blood-carrying.”
What are some words that use the combining form sangui-?
- sanguicolous
- sanguifacient
- sanguification (using the equivalent form of sangui– in Latin)
- sanguivorous
What are some other forms that sangui– may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
The combining form –colous means “inhabiting.” With this in mind, what is a sanguicolous parasite?
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