sanguinolent

American  

[sang-gwin-l-uhnt] / sæŋˈgwɪn l ənt /

adjective

1. of or relating to blood.

2. containing or tinged with blood; bloody.

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sanguinolent British  

/ sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt /

adjective

1. containing, tinged with, or mixed with blood

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Other Word Forms

• sanguinolency noun

Etymology

Origin of sanguinolent

1400–50; < Latin sanguinolentus, equivalent to sanguin- stem of sanguis blood + -olentus earlier form of -ulentus -ulent

Example Sentences

Diarrhoea is a simple flux of the bowels, without either the sanguinolent discharges or the intestinal excoriation.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

Softening ensues, and the diseased area breaks down at one or more points, from which there oozes a discharge of a sero-purulent, purulent, or sanguinolent character.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

The intestinal contents in such cases were not colorless, but consisted of a sanguinolent, ichorous, putrid fluid.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

Examination, on the 26th April.—Pericardium sound, but contained much sanguinolent serum.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Success seemed a colourless name for the reward of his patience; something fiercely florid, something sanguinolent was more to the point.

From Nona Vincent by James, Henry