Desanguination

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Desanguination refers to a state of being, resulting from a massive loss of blood. The term originates from the word "Sanguine" which means either a person who is generally optimistic, cheerful, even-tempered, confident, rational, popular, and fun-loving or bloody/blood colored.

The term was widely used by the Hippocrates (ancient Physicians) in traditional medicine practiced in the Greco-Roman civilization and in Europe during the Middle Ages. The word was possibly used to describe the lack of personality (by death or by weakness) that often occurred once a person suffered hemmorrhage or massive blood loss.

The exact ideology of the term as it is commonly used is not clearly understood. Medical literature suggests that a person who suffered massive blood loss as being alive, but some authors may be convinced the person is not living. Maybe, this is why the term is rarely used, if ever, in the medical profession today.