sanguineo-
(sæŋˈgwɪnɪəʊ)
used as combining form of L. sanguineus sanguineous, sanguine a., prefixed (with hyphen) to adjs., forming physiological terms with the sense ‘partly sanguineous (or sanguine) and partly something else’; also in sanguineo-ˈvascular a., pertaining to blood-vessels. Cf. sanguino-.
| 1803 Med. Jrnl. IX. 417 Of a sanguineo phlegmatic temperament. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VII. 257/1 Sanguineo-vascular Ganglia. 1846 G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 144 The sanguineo-bilious temperament. 1879 Leighton Lichen-Flora (ed. 3) 521 Sanguineo-black, blood-red black. |