| exsanguinate | 1. To remove or withdraw the circulating blood; to make bloodless. Synonym: exsanguine. Origin: L. Ex, out, + sanguis (-guin), blood (05 Mar 2000) |
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| exsanguination | Removal of blood; making exsanguine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exsanguination transfusion | Removal of most of a patient's blood followed by introduction of an equal amount from donors. Synonym: exsanguination transfusion, substitution transfusion, total transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exsanguine | Deprived of blood. Synonym: exsanguinate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exsanguineous | Destitute of blood; anaemic; exsanguious. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsanguinity | <medicine> Privation or destitution of blood; opposed to plethora. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsanguious | 1. Destitute of blood. 2. <zoology> Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects. Origin: L. Exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exscutellate | <entomology, zoology> Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; said of certain insects. Origin: Pref. Ex- + scutellate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsect | 1. A cutting out or away. 2. <surgery> The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out. Origin: L. Exsectio. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsection | Rarely used term for excision. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exserted | <botany> Protruding, for example of stamens with respect to a corolla tube. (13 Nov 1997) |
| exsertile | <biology> Capable of being thrust out or protruded. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsiccant | Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. <medicine> An exsiccant medicine. Origin: L. Exsiccans, p.pr. Of exsiccare. See Exsiccate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| exsiccate | To lose or cause to lose moisture. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exsiccated alum | Alum heated to complete dryness; a local astringent. (05 Mar 2000) |