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bloodletting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | medical aid, medical care |
| Has types | venesection, cupping, phlebotomy |
Examples of bloodletting
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The bloodletting on the Street has been particularly gruesome in past downturns.
From the businessweek.com
Just how much bloodletting will the December federal jobs report show on Friday?
From the newsday.com
Hawass is outraged over this bloodletting, and he doesn't draw any distinctions.
From the abcnews.go.com
By contrast, without a bloodletting at the top, incoming CEOs face difficulties.
From the economist.com
It was a bloodletting from which Abu Nidal and his organisation never recovered.
From the economist.com
Back in those days, bloodletting was still considered a science-based treatment.
From the scienceblogs.com
Galen of Rome, a student of Hippocrates, began physician-initiated bloodletting.
From the en.wikipedia.org
All of which is to say there is still a long way and a lot of bloodletting to go.
From the time.com
Filing for divorce just doesn't have the same catharsis as a good bloodletting.
From the dailynews.com
- Formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- Bloodbath: 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 (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of often considerable quantities of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. It was the most common medical practice performed by doctors from antiquity up to the late 19th century, a time span of almost 2,000 years. ...
- Bloodletting was the third rock album recorded by the band Boxer, released on the Virgin record label in 1979. ...
- Bloodletting is the third album from alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, shifting more towards gothic rock. R.E.M.'s Peter Buck and Wall of Voodoo's Andy Prieboy make guest appearances. ...
- Bloodletting is the eleventh full-length album released by the Thrash Metal band Overkill in the fall of 2000, and the first after the departure of guitarists Joe Comeau and Sebastian Marino and the addition of Dave Linsk.
- Act of reducing the amount of blood in the body accomplished either by opening a vein or by the application of leeches. Thought to restore health from ancient times through the nineteenth century.
- The physical act of cutting or piercing the flesh in order to extract blood. This is commonly used for feeding as well as in bloodplay and fetishism. (See also "bloodplay".)
- Bloodletting refers to the pricking of the skin for the purpose of releasing blood. This may be aided with the application of a cup over the site.
