Words Like BLOODLETTING
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6 Alternative Words Similar to bloodletting
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Cupping
Noun Hyponym
3 examples of bloodletting
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a huge prison battue was ordered
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the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder
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ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name
10 definitions of bloodletting
1
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.
2
indiscriminate slaughter
3
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
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The removal of blood, usually from a vein, as a therapeutic measure.
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The laying off of personnel or the elimination of resources.
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In medicine, the act of letting blood or bleeding by opening a vein, as a remedial measure in the treatment of disease; phlebotomy.
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The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
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By extension, the diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.
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A circumstance such as a battle where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.