bloodletting

• Sustantivo que designa la práctica médica histórica de extraer sangre de un paciente para equilibrar los cuatro humores corporales, o, en sentido más general, una matanza o violencia sin sentido.

A noun referring to the historical medical practice of removing blood from a patient to balance the four humors, or more generally to indiscriminate slaughter or violence.

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1. Historical medical practiceC1formalmedical

   The removal of blood from a patient, historically used to treat illness by balancing the four humors.

   Sangría terapéutica

   • Bloodletting was a common treatment in medieval medicine.
   • Doctors once believed bloodletting could cure fevers.
   • The practice of bloodletting has been abandoned in modern medicine.

   Sinónimosbleedingphlebotomyvenesection

2. Violent conflict or killingC1formal

   A situation involving violent killing or slaughter, often in a battle or conflict.

   derramamiento de sangre

   • The battle resulted in terrible bloodletting on both sides.
   • The civil war led to years of bloodletting.
   • The film depicts the bloodletting of ancient wars.

   Sinónimosbloodbathbloodshedbutcherycarnagekillingmassacreslaughter