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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024blood•let•ting /ˈblʌdˌlɛtɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Surgerythe act of letting blood out by cutting open a vein:Bloodletting was once performed by barbers.
- bloodshed.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024blood•let•ting (blud′let′ing),USA pronunciation n. - Surgerythe act or practice of letting blood by opening a vein;
phlebotomy. - bloodshed or slaughter.
- bloodbath.
- Informal Termssevere cutbacks or reduction in personnel, appropriations, etc.:The company went through a period of bloodletting in the 1970s.
- Middle English blod letunge. See blood, let1, -ing1 1175–1225
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