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1. (n.) bloodletting
the act of letting blood by opening a vein; phlebotomy.
2. bloodletting
severe reduction, as in personnel or appropriations.
Etymology: (1175–1225)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bloodletting
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
2. (noun) bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
indiscriminate slaughter
"a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Bloodletting
the act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Bloodletting
Puncture of a vein to draw blood for therapeutic purposes. Bloodletting therapy has been used in Talmudic and Indian medicine since the medieval time, and was still practiced widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. Its modern counterpart is PHLEBOTOMY.
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