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Definition of Bloodless

1. Adjective. Destitute of blood or apparently so. "The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"

2. Adjective. Free from blood or bloodshed. "A bloodless coup"

3. Adjective. Without vigor or zest or energy. "An insipid and bloodless young man"

4. Adjective. Devoid of human emotion or feeling. "Charts of bloodless economic indicators"

5. Adjective. Anemic looking from illness or emotion. "A face white with rage"

Definition of Bloodless

1. a. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.

Definition of Bloodless

1. Adjective. Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic. ¹

2. Adjective. Taking place without loss of blood. ¹

3. Adjective. Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bloodless

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Bloodless

1. 1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. "The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold." (Dryden) 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. 3. Without spirit or activity. "Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood !" (Shak) Blood"lessly, Blood"lessness. Origin: AS. Bldleas. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodless

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Literary usage of Bloodless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1874)
"The proceeding was bloodless, though the haemorrhage was rather free when the bandage was removed from the middle of the thigh. ..."

2. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1874)
"This coincidence induces me to detail some facts directly bearing upon the question of " Bloodless Surgery," together with a few points worthy of ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"I have found the bloodless fold of Trêves to be present, not only in cases presenting, generally speaking, the symptoms of ..."

4. The Body of Christ: An Enquiry Into the Institution and Doctrine of Holy by Charles Gore (1904)
"Pair, (Levi, 3) of the worship of the angels, " a rational odour of sweet savour and a bloodless offering." There is an obvious ambiguity which remains In ..."

5. The Bookman (1910)
"The suggestion has been offered us that we refer to Mr. A. Radcliffe Dug- more, whose Camera The "Bloodless Adventures in African Hunter" Wilds has just ..."

6. The ... Year Book of Pediatrics (1903)
""Bloodless SURGERY." At various times and places in this country during the latter part of the year 1902 Prof. Adolf Lorenz, of Vienna, spoke upon his ..."

7. Theology of the Old Testament by Gustav Friedrich Oehler, George Edward Day (1883)
"Bloody and Bloodless Offerings. According to their material, offerings are partly bloody and partly bloodless. ..."

8. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1874)
"EXTENSIVE DISEASE OF KNEE-JOINT ; AMPUTATION THROUGH THE THIGH ; Bloodless OPERATION ; RECOVERY. Case under the care of J. KELLET SMITH, Esq., ..."

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