exsanguination
Fatal blood loss
Exsanguination is death or severe harm from blood loss.
The term appears in medical and forensic contexts: The victim died of exsanguination from a severed artery.
To exsanguinate is to drain of blood.
The word sometimes appears figuratively for complete depletion: the exsanguination of the company's resources.
Blood loss from injury
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- blood lossDepletion of vital fluid
- drainageLiquid removal system
oozing · seepage · arterial bleeding · laceration · puncture wound · gash · incision · perforation
Extracting blood medically
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- hematologyScience of blood disorders
- anticoagulantSubstance preventing blood clots
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
anemia · transfusion · plasma · hematocrit · blood draw · surgical drainage · leech therapy · cupping
Giving up something precious
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- seppukuRitualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- hara-kiriRitualized Japanese suicide
- ritual suicideFormalized self-inflicted death
slaughter · kosher · halal · draining · offering · ceremonial · butchering · religious rite
Cessation of life
- fatalityDeath from accident
- cause of deathWhy someone died
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- bloodstainDried blood residue
crime scene · homicide · blood spatter · postmortem · lividity · pallor · stab wound · murder
Serious sudden danger
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
tourniquet · blood transfusion · pressure dressing · paramedics · ambulance · ER · critical · lifesaving
bleeding
Blood loss from injury
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- blood lossDepletion of vital fluid
drainage · oozing · seepage · arterial bleeding · laceration · puncture wound · gash · incision · perforation · hematoma
phlebotomy
Extracting blood medically
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- hematologyScience of blood disorders
- anticoagulantSubstance preventing blood clots
hemostasis · anemia · transfusion · plasma · hematocrit · blood draw · surgical drainage · leech therapy · cupping
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- seppukuRitualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- hara-kiriRitualized Japanese suicide
ritual suicide · slaughter · kosher · halal · draining · offering · ceremonial · butchering · religious rite
death
Cessation of life
- fatalityDeath from accident
- cause of deathWhy someone died
- autopsyMedical examination after death
bloodstain · crime scene · homicide · blood spatter · postmortem · lividity · pallor · stab wound · murder · forensic pathology
emergency
Serious sudden danger
resuscitation · tourniquet · blood transfusion · pressure dressing · paramedics · ambulance · ER · critical · lifesaving · medevac
- death causescause of death, natural causes, manner of death, accidental death, natural death
- fatal injuriesdecapitation, internal bleeding, broken neck, brain hemorrhage, gunshot wound
- Vampiresvampire, vampires, vampirism, fangs, coffin
- bleeding disordershemophilia, bleeding disorder, haemophilia
- death investigationautopsy report, cause of death, death certificate, coroner's office, forensic pathologist
- killingshomicide, murder for hire, manslaughter, killing, assassination
exsanguinationblood transfusion
Infusing donated cells intravenously
transfusion · blood replacement · plethora · infusion · repletion