 bloodletting |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) | |
| Related terms: | medical_care venesection cupping middle_ages medicine | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) indiscriminate slaughter | |
| Synonyms: | bloodshed battue bloodbath | |
| Related terms: | massacre slaughter | |
| Similar spelling: |
bloodlust bloodline bloodless bloodleaf bloodlessly |
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