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Definition of bloodletting noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bloodletting

noun

/ˈblʌdletɪŋ/

/ˈblʌdletɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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(formal) the killing or wounding of people synonym bloodshed
- the futile bloodletting of war
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a medical treatment used in the past in which some of a patient’s blood was removed

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