Exanguious

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of exsanguious. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "The third is the paucitie of blood obſerved in this animal, ſcarce at all to be found but in the eye, and about the heart; which defect being obſerved, inclined ſome into thoughts, that the ayre was a ſufficient maintenance for theſe exauguious^([sic]) parts."

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"The third is the paucitie of blood obſerved in this animal, ſcarce at all to be found but in the eye, and about the heart; which defect being obſerved, inclined ſome into thoughts, that the ayre was a ſufficient maintenance for theſe exauguious^([sic]) parts."

Etymology

From Latin exanguis.

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