BLOODLETTING


Meaning of BLOODLETTING in English

/ ˈblʌdletɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ]

1.

( formal ) the killing or wounding of people

SYN bloodshed

2.

a medical treatment used in the past in which some of a patient's blood was removed

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