Defn: Privation or destitution of blood; — opposed to plethora.
Dunglison.
EXSANGUINOUS
Ex*san"gui*nous, a.
Defn: See Exsanguious.
EXSANGUIOUS Ex*san"gui*ous, a. Etym: [L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous.]
1. Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.
EXSCIND
Ex*scind", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exscinded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exscinding.] Etym: [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.]
Defn: To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate.
Barrow.
The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that
Assembly. Am. Cyc.
EXSCRIBE Ex*scribe", v. t. Etym: [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.]