bloodletting
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bloodletting
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From blood + letting, equal to bloodlet + -ing.
noun bloodlettings · blood-letting
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The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief.
Similar: bleeding
- The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.
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A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.[...]"The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch'ang county and of Yunnan provinc
Similar: bloodshed
verb blood-letting
- present participle and gerund of bloodlet
Translations
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noun ancient medical practice
| Español | sangría, sangradura, sangrado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사혈 sahyeol |
| 日本語 | 瀉血 shaketsu |
| 中文 | 放血 fàngxuè |
| Português | sangria |
| Français | saignée |
| Deutsch | Aderlass, Schröpfen |
| Italiano | salasso |
| Ελληνικά | αφαίμαξη afaímaxi |
| Русский | кровопуска́ние krovopuskánije |
| العربية | فَصْد faṣd |
noun large amount of blood likely to be spilled through violence — see also bloodshed, carnage, massacre
| Français | effusion de sang |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Blutvergießen |
| Ελληνικά | αιματοχυσία aimatochysía |
| Русский | кровопроли́тие krovoprolítije |
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