exsanguination

American  

[eks-sang-gwuh-ney-shuhn] / ɛksˌsæŋ gwəˈneɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of draining or losing blood.

   With an extreme mite infestation, up to 6% of a bird’s blood can be drained daily, causing it to become anemic or even die by exsanguination.

2. the act or process of bleeding to death.

   The consequences can range from minor blood loss to exsanguination.

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Etymology

Origin of exsanguination

First recorded in 1820–30; exsanguinat(e) ( def. ) + -ion ( def. )

Example Sentences

In other words, something about life in the city appeared to rescue the finch babies from exsanguination by fly.

From National Geographic

"One of those was a healthy male bull, about 5 years old. Enormous. To have been taken down by exsanguination by ticks, you can imagine that was tens of thousands of ticks on one animal," said Pesapane, who also has a faculty appointment in Ohio State's School of Environment and Natural Resources.

From Science Daily

The event produced 320,000 Olympic-size swimming pools’ worth of lava in just three months — and the speedy exsanguination of the volcano’s shallow magma reservoir caused its summit to collapse dramatically.

From Washington Post

In a media release obtained by the Indiana Star, Dubois County Coroner Katie Schuck said Dawn R. Jankovic, 47, of Brunswick, Ohio, died from exsanguination – severe blood loss -- avulsion of the right internal thoracic artery and the effects of the roller coaster itself at the Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Ind.

From Fox News

The result of her autopsy was exsanguination due to feral hog assault.

From The Guardian