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Bloodletting

nounid 15294·updated May 18, 2026
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formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

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Variants

synonym
bloodshed
plural
Bloodlettings
possessive
Bloodletting's
pluralpossessive
Bloodlettings'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
indiscriminate slaughter
§2
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
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