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Definitions of bloodletting in various dictionaries:
noun - formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
noun - indiscriminate slaughter
Bloodshed.
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The family comes first when it comes to granting permission for bitter quarrelling in the organisation |
Larcenous colonel allowing slaughter |
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Nov 7 2014 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
Nov 16 2002 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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The surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes. |
The violent killing and wounding of people during a war or conflict. |
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) |
indiscriminate slaughter |
Bloodshed. |
The removal of blood, usually from a vein, as a therapeutic measure. |
The laying off of personnel or the elimination of resources. |
killing and violence, especially between enemy groups involved in an argument that has existed for a long time: |
the situation in which a company reduces the number of people working for it: |
in the past, a medical treatment in which blood was taken from a person who wasill |
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Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of blood from a patient to prevent or cure illness and disease. Bloodletting, whether by a physician or by leeches, was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluids were regarded as "humours" that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health. It is claimed to have been the most common medical practice performed by surgeons from antiquity until the late 19th century, a span of almost 2,000 years. In Europe the practice continued to be relatively common until the end of the 18th century. The practice has now been abandoned by modern style medicine for all except a few very specific conditions. It is conceivable that historically, in the absence of other treatments for hypertension, bloodletting sometimes had a beneficial effect in temporarily reducing blood pressure by reducing blood volume. However, since hypertension is very often asymptomatic and thus undiagnosable without modern methods, this eff |