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bloodletting

DEFINITIONS OF: bloodletting

1

n formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

Types:
phlebotomy, venesection
surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis
cupping
a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface
Type of:
medical aid, medical care
professional treatment for illness or injury

n indiscriminate slaughter

“ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name”
Synonyms:
battue, bloodbath, bloodshed
Type of:
butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter
the savage and excessive killing of many people
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