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sanguinolent

American  
[sang-gwin-l-uhnt] / sæŋˈgwɪn l ənt /

adjective

  1. of or relating to blood.

  2. containing or tinged with blood; bloody.


sanguinolent British  
/ sæŋˈɡwɪnələnt /

adjective

  1. containing, tinged with, or mixed with blood

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of sanguinolent

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

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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 Henry Ebenezer Handerson

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 Henry Weightman Stelwagon

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 Henry James

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 Franklin Bache

Dysentery is a flux of the bowels with a sanguinolent discharge and excoriation of the intestines.

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

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