Sanguifiers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Organs or substances in the body that generate or help form blood cells and the blood itself
2. Things that bring about the making of blood within a living organism through biological processes
3. Bodily structures or agents responsible for creating blood, such as bone marrow and the spleen

Etymology: "Sanguifiers" is the plural of "sanguifier", which is formed from the verb "sanguify" with the agent suffix "-er". "Sanguify" comes from the Latin "sanguis", meaning blood, combined with the English suffix "-fy", which turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning to make or cause something to be. The sense is therefore "one that makes blood" or "one that produces blood", a term used in the older physiological vocabulary for an organ or substance thought to generate blood.