sanguiferous

[ sang-gwif-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. conveying blood, as a blood vessel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanguiferous¹

First recorded in 1675–85; sangui- + -ferous

Example Sentences

Tonics are also separated from Stimulants, and included with those which act on the muscular and sanguiferous systems.

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The sanguiferous vessels underwent an extraordinary increase, or, at least, became remarkably evident.

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Red flowers were given for derangement in the sanguiferous system, and yellow ones for those of the bile.

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In certain diseases, globules of pus have also been detected in the sanguiferous stream.

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And from the same cause they are not liable to a sanguiferous menstruation.

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