sanguification

American  

[sang-gwuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌsæŋ gwə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. hematopoiesis.

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Etymology

Origin of sanguification

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

Example Sentences

We talk glibly about a natural mode of living, a simple diet; but where in our civilized countries can we find food that really serves healthy sanguification?

From Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration by Dechmann, Louis

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.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

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.

From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira

This system took its origin, as is clearly shown in the figure, in the liver, the central organ of nutrition and of sanguification.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William

A fish can no more live in water deprived of air, than a man could in an atmosphere devoid of oxygen, which is the element that unites with the blood in the lungs in sanguification.

From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira