The substance of the brain was not congested but, on the contrary, exsanguinated.
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Exsanguinate
//ɛkˈsæŋɡwɪneɪt//
Synonyms for "exsanguinate" (2 found)
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14 translations across 8 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- абяскро́віць verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
- абяскро́ўліваць verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
Czech
1 entries- vykrvácet verb (to bleed profusely; to die by means of blood loss)
Finnish
4 entries- vuodattaa verb (to cause blood to drain from a body or body part, or profuse bleeding)
- vuodattaa kuiviin verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
- vuodattaa kuiviin verb (to kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss)
- vuotaa kuiviin verb (to bleed profusely; to die by means of blood loss)
French
1 entries- exsanguiner verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
Macedonian
1 entries- искрвави verb (to bleed profusely; to die by means of blood loss)
Russian
2 entries- обескро́вить verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
- обескро́вливать verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
Swedish
1 entries- exsangvinera verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
Ukrainian
2 entries- знекро́вити verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
- знекро́влювати verb (to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood)
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At the battle of Ball's Bluff, I saw a soldier having a shot flesh-wound of the left arm, who was much weakened and exsanguinated from a venous hemorrhage that was caused by applying an improvised tourniquet above the wound (it was done by a comrade), and was readily stopped on removing the cause.
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Dr. [J. Leonard] Corning first exsanguinates the part to be anæsthetized with an Esmarch bandage. He next applies a tourniquet above the bandage and the latter is removed.
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A careful dissection, however, after exsanguinating the limb, suffices to prevent serious mischief, and even in the cases where the attending vein has been injured, necessitating its ligature or extirpation (eleven cases), no gangrene followed.
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