Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bloodletting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloodletting \Blood"let`ting\, n. (Med.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bloodletting
n 1: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of
the four humors of medieval medicine)
2: indiscriminate slaughter [syn: {bloodbath}, {bloodshed}, {battue}]
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