sanguification


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sanguification

(ˌsæŋɡwɪfɪˈkeɪʃən)
n
the forming of blood
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Noun 1. sanguification - the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
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In 1776, Dejean entered a competition of the Imperial Academy in Petersburg to answer the question about the supposed alteration of chyle into blood, called sanguification. (83) According to Galen, chyle was transported from the intestines to the liver.
Ferdinand Dejean (1731-97): Surgeon of the Dutch East-India Company, Man of the Enlightenment, and Patron of Mozart
In human physiology Prout identified four stages in the formation of blood: digestion in the stomach, chymification in the duodenum, chylification in the lacteals, and sanguification proper in the blood vessels.
Medical chemists and the origins of clinical chemistry in Britain (circa 1750-1850)
On the phenomena of sanguification and on the blood in general.
Early blood chemistry in Britain and France