Aderlass
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German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German āderlāʒ, āderlæʒe. Equivalent to Ader (“vein”) + the stem of lassen (“to let”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Aderlass m (strong, genitive Aderlasses, plural Aderlasse)
- (medicine, history) bloodletting (archaic treatment by removing blood)
- Synonym: Schröpfen
- (figurative) bloodletting, drain (diminishment of a resource)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Aderlass [masculine, strong]