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cruor

American  
[kroo-awr] / ˈkru ɔr /

noun

  1. coagulated blood, or the portion of the blood that forms the clot.

cruor British  
/ ˈkrʊɔː /

noun

  1. med a blood clot

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Etymology

Origin of cruor

1650–60; < Latin: blood (that flows from a wound), gore; akin to crude

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Sanguis is the condition of physical life; cruor, the symbol of death by slaughter.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

"Gens unica terras Incolit a sævo serpentum innoxia morsu, Marmaridæ Psylli: par lingua potentibus herbis, Ipse cruor tutus, nullumque admittere virus Vel cantu cessante potest."

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey

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