= bloodletting, n. 1.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > bloodletting > [noun] (22) bloodleaseeOE = bloodletting, n. 1. bloodlettingOE The action or process of extracting blood (from a person, animal, vein, or part of the body) for (supposed) therapeutic purposes; spec. = phlebotomy… lettingOE The action of allowing movement or passage; the action of permitting or allowing to happen; an instance of this. minutionc1386 A diminution; spec. a reduction of the quantity of blood in the body, as by bloodletting. vein bloodc1405 †(a) the action of bloodletting, phlebotomy (obsolete); (b) blood drawn from or present in a vein (now usually with distinguishing word naming… bleedingc1440 Drawing or ‘letting’ of blood. Also attributive, as bleeding-bowl (see quot. 1916), bleeding-knife. blooding1525 The action or practice of performing phlebotomy; an instance of this; = bleeding, n. 2. In early use also: bleeding (bleeding, n. 1a); the act of… eventation?1543 The action or process of causing (supposed) noxious vapours to escape from the blood, esp. by opening a vein; the action of opening a vein to… Subcategories:— venesection (7) — cupping (4) — bleeding with horn (1) — leeching (2) |
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