Lexic.us

Definition of Blooded

1. Adjective. Of unmixed ancestry. "Blooded Jersies"

Definition of Blooded

1. a. Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock.

Definition of Blooded

1. Adjective. Experienced. ¹

2. Adjective. Descended from. ¹

3. Adjective. bloody, bleeding. ¹

4. Verb. (past of blood#Verb blood) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blooded

1. blood [v] - See also: blood

Medical Definition of Blooded

1. Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock. Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-blooded; warm-blooded. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blooded

Literary usage of Blooded

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

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"blooded. A blooded quadruped is one with a pedigree; one bred of a particularly good stock. 1778 Several blooded mares and fillies will also be sold. ..."

2. The Philosophy of Natural History: With an Introduction and Various by William Smellie, John Ware (1851)
"Their flesh is warm, and as this warmth is supposed to depend upon the temperature of the blood, we call them warm-blooded. On the other hand, frogs, toads, ..."

3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1891)
"A THEORY TO EXPLAIN THE EVOLUTION OF WARM-blooded VERTEBRATES. By W. HALE WHITE, MD, Physician to Guy's Hospital. As far as I am aware, no explanations have ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... [=Vertebrata] ( Cold-blooded / Mammalia clasa Г Warm-blooded \Superclass J ... blooded ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"It is this diffused effect which goes by the name of the" stimulant action of the drug." 7. Action of Alcohol on Warm-blooded Animals.—Dr. BINZ. of Bonn, ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Warm and Cold blooded Animals.—By numerous observations upon men and animals, John Hunter showed that the essential di£erence between the so-called ..."

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