sanguinolent

[ sang-gwin-l-uhnt ]

adjective

1. of or relating to blood.
2. containing or tinged with blood; bloody.

sanguinolent

/ sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt /

adjective

1. containing, tinged with, or mixed with blood

Derived Forms

• sanˈguinolency, noun

Other Words From

• san·guino·len·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanguinolent¹

1400–50; < Latin sanguinolentus, equivalent to sanguin- stem of sanguis blood + -olentus earlier form of -ulentus -ulent

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanguinolent¹

C15: from Latin sanguinolentus, from sanguis blood

Example Sentences

Dysentery is a flux of the bowels with a sanguinolent discharge and excoriation of the intestines.

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Diarrhoea is a simple flux of the bowels, without either the sanguinolent discharges or the intestinal excoriation.

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The intestinal contents in such cases were not colorless, but consisted of a sanguinolent, ichorous, putrid fluid.

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If the serous or sero-sanguinolent effusion be considerable, the encephalic mass or portions of it may be anmic.

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