bloodlettingˈblʌdˌlɛt ɪŋ
bloodletting (n)
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bloodletting (noun)
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue (noun)
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"
bloodletting (Noun)
The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.
bloodletting (Noun)
By extension, the diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.
bloodletting (Noun)
A circumstance such as a battle where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.
Bloodletting
Bloodletting is the withdrawal of often small quantities of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. Bloodletting was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluid were regarded as "humors" that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health. It was the most common medical practice performed by physicians from antiquity until the late 19th century, a span of almost 2,000 years. The practice has now been abandoned for all except a few very specific conditions. It is conceivable that historically, in the absence of other treatments for hypertension, bloodletting could sometimes have 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 effect was unintentional. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the historical use of bloodletting was harmful to patients. Today, the term phlebotomy refers to the drawing of blood for laboratory analysis or blood transfusion. Therapeutic phlebotomy refers to the drawing of a unit of blood in specific cases like hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, porphyria cutanea tarda, etc., to reduce the amount of red blood cells.
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