bloodletting

English

Etymology

blood +‎ letting

Noun

bloodletting (plural bloodlettings)

1. The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
2. (by extension) the diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.
3. A circumstance such as a battle where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

Related terms

• bloodlet

Translations

ancient medical practice

• Danish: åreladning c
• Dutch: aderlating (nl) c
• Finnish: suoneniskentä (fi)
• French: saignée (fr) f
• German: Aderlass (de) m
• Greek: αφαίμαξη (el) f (afaímaxi)
• Irish: cuisleoireacht f, foladóireacht f, ródach m, ligean fola m, tarraingt fola f
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• Italian: salasso (it) m
• Portuguese: sangria (pt) f
• Russian: кровопуска́ние (ru) n (krovopuskánije)
• Spanish: sangría (es) f
• Swedish: åderlåtning (sv) c
• Tagalog: tabad, pagtatabad, padugo
• Ukrainian: кровопуска́ння n (krovopuskánnja)

large amount of blood likely to be spilled through violence

• Danish: blodsudgydelse c, åreladning c
• Finnish: verenvuodatus
• German: Blutvergießen (de) n
• Greek: αιματοχυσία (el) f (aimatochysía)
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• Hungarian: vérontás (hu)
• Russian: кровопроли́тие (ru) n (krovoprolítije)
• Spanish: carnicería (es) f
• Swedish: blodsutgjutelse c

Verb

bloodletting

1. present participle of bloodlet