sanguification

[ sang-gwuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. hematopoiesis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanguification¹

First recorded in 1570–80, sanguification is from the New Latin word sanguificātiōn- (stem of sanguificātiō ). See sangui-, -fication

Example Sentences

But the lungs, heart, and bloodvessels being comparatively small, neither is sanguification abundant and perfect nor circulation vigorous.

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The term sanguification is occasionally used to denote that part of the process in which the blood, by exposure to the action of the air, passes from the venous to the arterial state.

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How this happens, our knowledge of the theory of sanguification does not enable us to determine.

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Nevertheless, it is a deeply and speedily-acting drug, for it affects the whole internal mucous membrane, the nervous system, and the process of sanguification, thus disturbing the health for a long time.

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If those new particles of matter, previously prepared by digestion and sanguification, only supply the places of those, which have been abraded by the actions of the system, it is properly termed nutrition.

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