| bloodless amputation | Amputation in which, by means of a tourniquet, the escape of blood from the cut surfaces is slight. Synonym: dry amputation. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| bloodless decerebration | Destroying the function of the cerebrum by tying the basilar artery at about the middle of the pons and the common carotid arteries in the neck. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bloodless operation | An operation performed with negligible loss of blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bloodless phlebotomy | 1. Abnormally slow motion of blood in veins, usually with venous distention. 2. Treatment of congestive heart failure by compressing proximal veins of the extremities with tourniquets. Synonym: bloodless phlebotomy. Synonym: venostasis. Origin: phlebo-+ G. Stasis, a standing still (05 Mar 2000) |
| bloodlet | Bleed; to let blood. Origin: AS. Bldltan; bld blood + latan to let. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodletter | One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodletting | <medicine> The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; especially. Applied to venesection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodroot | <botany> A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; called also puccoon, redroot, bloodwort, tetterwort, turmeric, and Indian paint. It has acrid emetic properties, and the rootstock is used as a stimulant expectorant. See Sanguinaria. In England the name is given to the tormentil, once used as a remedy for dysentery. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodshed | The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder. Origin: Blood + shed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodshedder | One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodshedding | The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder. Origin: Blood + shed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodshot | Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated. "His eyes were bloodshot, . . . And his hair disheveled." (Dickens) Origin: Blood + shot, p. P. Of shoot to variegate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodstick | <veterinary> A piece of hard wood loaded at one end with lead, and used to strike the fleam into the vein. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodstone | <chemical> A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; called also heliotrope. Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or "streak." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bloodstream | The flowing blood as it is encountered in the circulatory system as distinguished from blood that has been removed from the circulatory system or sequestered in a part; thus, something added to the bloodstream may be expected to become distributed to all parts of the body through which blood is flowing. (05 Mar 2000) |