Sanguifier

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An agent or organ that generates blood, or a thing that helps bring about its formation in the body
2. Something that causes blood to be produced, such as a bodily organ or a substance that promotes blood formation
3. A bodily part or agent responsible for creating blood, especially one that drives the process of sanguification

Etymology: "Sanguifier" is a straightforward formation: it is built from "sanguify" with the agentive suffix "-er", so it names a thing or person that sanguifies. "Sanguify" itself is the verb to make bloody or to render something blood-red, and the sense carried into the noun is that of a bringer of bloodshed or a thing that stains something with blood. Because the word is a transparent compound of an existing verb and a common English suffix, there is no separate history behind it to trace. Its meaning follows directly from the verb, and its use is rare, largely confined to dictionaries and occasional literary contexts rather than everyday speech.