BLOODLETTING
\blˈʌdlɪtɪŋ], \blˈʌdlɪtɪŋ], \b_l_ˈʌ_d_l_ɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
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indiscriminate slaughter
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formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
By Princeton University
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indiscriminate slaughter
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formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Puncture of a vein to draw blood for therapeutic purposes. Bloodletting therapy has been used in Talmudic and Indian medicine since the medieval time, and was still practiced widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. Its modern counterpart is PHLEBOTOMY.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
