bloodletting

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bloodletting

[ˈblʌdletɪŋ]

sustantivo

1. sangría (f) (medicina)

2. sangría (f) matanza (f) (slaughter); luchas (f pl) intestinas (internal feuding)

bloodletting [blad-le-tin]

sustantivo

1. Sangría, flebotomía, abertura de una vena para sacar sangre.

bloodletting [ˈblʌdˌletɪŋ]

noun

(Med) sangría (f); carnicería (f); baño (m) de sangre

When a fever rose dangerously high and would not subside by the use of purgatives and diuretics, he prescribed bloodletting, used sparingly the practice of ritual bloodletting was universal the Revolution of 1959, and subsequent bloodletting, sent tens of thousands of Rwandans fleeing to neighbouring countries Dealers said the bloodletting on the Tokyo stock exchange may not be over yet another bloodletting in Colombia's tragic drug war is at hand

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