noun
- coagulated or clotted blood; gore
Usage: archaic; literary; medical/anatomical contexts
Examples
- The battlefield was stained with cruor from the fallen soldiers.
- Medieval physicians studied the cruor left behind after bloodletting.
- The wound oozed cruor that darkened as it dried.
- In old medical texts, cruor was distinguished from fresh blood.
- The cruor pooled beneath the injury, a sign of serious trauma.