Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling a lake (pigment) in color; laked: specifically, noting the change of color of the blood caused by a sudden discharge of hemoglobin into the blood-plasma in consequence of destruction of the erythrocytes.
  • Lake-like; of or pertaining to a lake or lakes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
  • adjective Pertaining to a lake.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake
  • adjective of the color of a lake pigment; murky
  • adjective transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles

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