eng: bloodletting

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Meaning
means	(noun) formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine) bloodletting
means	(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, battue, bloodshed, bloodbath