sanguinolent
of or relating to blood.
containing or tinged with blood; bloody.
Origin of sanguinolent
1Other words from sanguinolent
- san·guin·o·len·cy, noun
Words Nearby sanguinolent
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use sanguinolent in a sentence
Dysentery is a flux of the bowels with a sanguinolent discharge and excoriation of the intestines.
Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer HandersonDiarrhoea is a simple flux of the bowels, without either the sanguinolent discharges or the intestinal excoriation.
Gilbertus Anglicus | Henry Ebenezer HandersonThe intestinal contents in such cases were not colorless, but consisted of a sanguinolent, ichorous, putrid fluid.
If the serous or sero-sanguinolent effusion be considerable, the encephalic mass or portions of it may be anmic.
British Dictionary definitions for sanguinolent
/ (sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt) /
containing, tinged with, or mixed with blood
Origin of sanguinolent
1Derived forms of sanguinolent
- sanguinolency, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse