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Bloodlet
(gcide) | Bloodlet \Blood"let`\ (bl[u^]d"l[e^]t`), v. t. [AS.
bl[=o]dl[=ae]tan; bl[=o]d blood + l[=ae]atan to let.]
bleed; to let blood. --Arbuthnot.
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Bloodletter
(gcide) | Bloodletter \Blood"let`ter\, n.
One who, or that which, lets blood; a phlebotomist.
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Bloodletting
(gcide) | Bloodletting \Blood"let`ting\, n. (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.
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bloodletting
(wn) | bloodletting
n 1: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of
the four humors of medieval medicine)
2: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the
leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the
bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is
no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue
was ordered" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed,
battue] |
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