Bloodletting

n.

1.

(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.

Noun	1.	bloodletting - formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
	2.	bloodletting - indiscriminate slaughter Synonyms: bloodbath, bloodshed, battue

aspiration, bane, bleeding, blood, bloodshed, braining, broaching, cupping, dealing death, destruction, destruction of life, dispatch, drafting, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, euthanasia, execution, extermination, flow of blood, gore, immolation, kill, killing, lapidation, leeching, martyrdom, martyrization, mercy killing, milking, phlebotomy, pipetting, poisoning, pumping, ritual killing, ritual murder, sacrifice, shooting, siphoning, slaughter, slaying, stoning, sucking, suction, taking of life, tapping, venesection

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