What Does Insanguination Mean?

: the action or process of draining or losing blood.

What is the medical term for bleeding to death?

Exsanguination, which is severe bleeding or bleeding to death, can occur without any visible external bleeding. Catastrophic internal hemorrhages can cause a great deal of blood loss, such as ruptured blood vessel aneurysms.

Where does the word exsanguination come from?

It is most commonly known as "bleeding to death". The word itself originated from Latin: ex and sanguis.

James H. Sterling

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