exsanguination.

Severe loss of blood, especially loss sufficient to threaten life or cause death.

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Words that belong together

• fatal exsanguination
• risk of exsanguination

On the page

The medical report identified fatal exsanguination rather than speculating about the person’s final thoughts.

The risk of exsanguination made the injury an urgent emergency in the account.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror / sci-fi / gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: hazard description, speculative setting, bodily condition, scene explanation. Disciplines: genre writing, science-informed description, clinical and safety vocabulary. Commonness: uncommon.