BLOODLETTING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • indiscriminate slaughter
   Synonym(s)
   • battue (what does battue mean?)
   • bloodbath (what does bloodbath mean?)
   • bloodshed (what does bloodshed mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) bloodletting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   • massacre (what does massacre mean?)
   • mass murder (what does mass murder mean?)
   • carnage (what does carnage mean?)
   • butchery (what does butchery mean?)
2. Meaning
   • formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
   Hypernyms(s) bloodletting is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • medical care (what does medical care mean?)
   • medical aid (what does medical aid mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • venesection (what does venesection mean?)
   • phlebotomy (what does phlebotomy mean?)
   • cupping (what does cupping mean?)