bloodletting
Noun
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Noun
bloodletting (plural bloodlettings)
- (historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
- (by extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.
- A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
- French: saignée
- German: Aderlass
- Italian: salasso
- Portuguese: sangria
- Russian: кровопуска́ние
- Spanish: sangría
- German: Blutvergießen
- Russian: кровопроли́тие
- Spanish: carnicería
- present participle of bloodlet#English|bloodlet
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