bloodletting
UKblʌdlitiŋ
US'blʌd'letıŋ
معنی فارسی
رگزني خونگيري حجامت
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-let´iŋ/n.
● حجامت، رگزنی، خونگیری، فصد
● خونریزی، آدمکشی
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From 'blood' + 'letting', originally referring to the medical practice of drawing blood.
مثال
- Bloodletting was a common medical practice in the past.
- The bloodletting of the civil war was devastating.
- He was a doctor who still believed in bloodletting.
ترکیبهای رایج
Medical bloodletting Violent bloodletting Historical bloodletting Bloodletting therapy
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
- 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”