sanguification

[ sang-gwuh-fi-key-shuhn ]

noun

1. hematopoiesis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sanguification¹

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

Example Sentences

How this happens, our knowledge of the theory of sanguification does not enable us to determine.

From Project Gutenberg

They also made a god of the secret power by which nature forms the blood of animals, and called it the god of sanguification.

From Project Gutenberg

The change which takes place in the lungs is called sanguification, or blood-making.

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