cruentation

\\ˌkrüˌen.ˈtāshən, -üən-\ noun (-s)

Etymology: Late Latin cruentation-, cruentatio staining with blood, from Latin cruentatus (past participle of cruentare to make bloody, from cruentus bloody) + -ion-, -io -ion; akin to Latin cruor blood — more at raw

: the oozing of blood from a corpse after incision or according to superstitious belief in the presence of the murderer

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cruentation

(kruːɛnˈteɪʃən)

[ad. L. cruentātiōn-em, n. of action f. cruentāre (see prec.); in Tertullian with the sense ‘staining with blood’.]

‘A term applied to the oozing of blood which occurs sometimes when an incision is made into the dead body’; also formerly to the supposed ‘bleeding from the wounds of a dead person in the presence of the murderer’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).