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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOOD-LETTING

blood-letting  [ˈblʌdˌlɛtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOOD-LETTING

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conjunction
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exclamation
Blood-Letting is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BLOOD-LETTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bloodletting

Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. Bloodletting was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluid were regarded as "humors" that had to remain in proper balance to maintain health. It was the most common medical practice performed by physicians from antiquity until the late 19th century, a span of almost 2,000 years. In Europe the practice continued until the end of the 18th century. The practice has now been abandoned for all except a few very specific conditions. It is conceivable that historically, in the absence of other treatments for hypertension, bloodletting could sometimes have had a beneficial effect in temporarily reducing blood pressure by reducing blood volume. However, since hypertension is very often asymptomatic and thus undiagnosable without modern methods, this effect was unintentional. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the historical use of bloodletting was harmful to patients. Today, the term phlebotomy refers to the drawing of blood for laboratory analysis or blood transfusion (see Phlebotomy (modern)).

Definition of blood-letting in the English dictionary

The definition of blood-letting in the dictionary is bloodshed, esp in a blood feud.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOOD-LETTING


besetting
bɪˈsɛtɪŋ
dip-netting
ˈdɪpˌnɛtɪŋ
filmsetting
ˈfɪlmˌsɛtɪŋ
go-getting
ˈɡəʊˌɡɛtɪŋ
jet-setting
ˈdʒɛtˌsɛtɪŋ
letting
ˈlɛtɪŋ
netting
ˈnɛtɪŋ
pacesetting
ˈpeɪsˌsɛtɪŋ
petting
ˈpɛtɪŋ
phototypesetting
ˌfəʊtəʊˈtaɪpˌsɛtɪŋ
quick-setting
ˌkwɪkˈsɛtɪŋ
setting
ˈsɛtɪŋ
sunsetting
ˈsʌnˌsɛtɪŋ
sweating
ˈswɛtɪŋ
thermosetting
ˌθɜːməʊˈsɛtɪŋ
typesetting
ˈtaɪpˌsɛtɪŋ
upsetting
ʌpˈsɛtɪŋ
vetting
ˈvɛtɪŋ
vignetting
vɪˈnjɛtɪŋ
wetting
ˈwɛtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOOD-LETTING

blood test
blood transfusion
blood type
blood vessel
blood volume
blood-and-thunder
blood-caked
blood-drop emlets
blood-guiltiness
blood-guilty
blood-red
blood-test
blood, sweat and tears
bloodcurdling
bloodcurdlingly
blooded
bloodfin
bloodgate
bloodhound
bloodied

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOOD-LETTING

accounting
admitting
batting
betting
chatting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
formatting
knitting
permitting
plotting
putting
resetting
sitting
spitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting

Synonyms and antonyms of blood-letting in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «blood-letting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOOD-LETTING

Find out the translation of blood-letting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blood-letting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blood-letting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

放血
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sangrías
570 millions of speakers

English

blood-letting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रक्त दे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سفك الدماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кровопускание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

derramamento de sangue
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রক্তক্ষরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saignée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemberian darah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aderlass
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

血液送り出し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

혈액 분들께
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngeculake getih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máu buông xả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரத்த வெளியேற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रक्तदान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kan alma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salasso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

upust krwi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кровопускання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

luare de sânge
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφαίμαξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloed - verhuring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åderlåtningen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blod - utleie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blood-letting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOOD-LETTING»

The term «blood-letting» is regularly used and occupies the 87.772 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOOD-LETTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blood-letting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blood-letting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blood-letting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOOD-LETTING»

Discover the use of blood-letting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blood-letting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : ...
Blood-letting is used bath during the existence of a disease, as in inflammation, and in the way of prophylaxis. It is employed to fulfil various indications. 1. To diraioi^h the actual ma«s of blood ; — when it is termed, by the French pathologists, ...
Robley Dunglison, 1858
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A Dictionary of Medicine, designed for popular use
The particular case to which blood-letting is applicable may be considered as ranking under the heads of diseases of excitement, of fulness, and those which arise from tension or irritation. Blood-letting is useful in the following diseases. 1.
Alexander MACAULAY (M.D.), 1852
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Blood Will Out: Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows
Obviously, the copious bleeding of wounds was seen then, as now, as a medical problem that required treatment, but even bleeding that was considered harmless or indeed beneficial, such as menstruation and blood-letting, was viewed with ...
Janet Carsten, 2013
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The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
There are two means which have great power in arresting this inflammation, namely, Blood- letting and 0/>inm. 1. Blood-letting. — This must be carried to approaching syncope, else it will do no good whatever, indeed it will do harm. If in an ...
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London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
Thus, in acute peripneumonia, when blood-letting has been carried as far as the safety of the patient will admit, but without the subsidence of the disease, I have seen the repeated use of opium and calomel of essential service. Again: in the ...
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A System of Pathological & Operative Surgery, Founded on ...
BLOOD-LETTING. The abstraction of blood from the system b#fl. been a favourite operation since the earliest ages of surgery, and has been practised more or less frequently, according to the prevailing doctrines of the times. There is no ...
Robert Allan, 1821
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Formulae medicamentorum or, a compendium of the modern ...
to which is prefixed an essay on the effects and uses of blood-letting Hugh Smith. the folids and fluids is destroyed by too great a quantity, or too dense a consistence of the blood impeding the due arid regular action of the vessels ; or else ...
Hugh Smith, 1772
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Healthside
A* to the regulars, it is contrary to human •nature to decry tbe use of blood-letting, mercury (their Samsoa) and all other poisonous agents, whereby they amass their wealth, and at the same time to escape their wrath. This is my experience.
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The Dublin Journal of Medical and Chemical Science
Art. XIX. — Observations on Local Blood-letting, and on some new Methods of practising it. By Jonathan Osborne, M. D., Fellow of the College of Physicians, and Physician to Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital. From the earliest period local bloodletting ...
10
Medical Inquiries and Observations: Containing an Account of ...
Containing an Account of the Bilious and Remitting and Intermitting Yellow Fever, as it Appeared in Philadelphia in the Year 1794. : Together with an Inquiry Into the Proximate Cause of Fever; and a Defence of Blood-letting as a Remedy for ...
Benjamin Rush, 1796

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOOD-LETTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blood-letting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hope fades for solution to China market rout
It is still unclear how the blood-letting on the Chinese market is going to play out and what impact it is going to have on Australia. Greece is a ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
BNP: Defiantly dismissive of its ailments
... leaders of BNP, on condition of anonymity, express their disapproval and frustration over the three-month long fiasco–the blood-letting frenzy. «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
3
The importance of being serious
In just the week past I watched (1) another intramural blood-letting among GOP operatives and conservative commentators, (2) a compliant ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
4
Politics ain't broke, so reforms wont fix it
And they offer the panacea of reform. American democracy can be saved, they assure us, but only with a blood-letting of fundamental freedoms. «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
5
The evolution of surgery
The group performed tooth extractions and blood-letting, in addition to the occasional haircut. 1843: The first hysterectomy was performed in ... «Las Vegas Sun, Jul 15»
6
Shayne Heffernan Oil and Commodity Outlook
... 23 years as analysts warned panic was setting in and authorities pledged more support after recent moves to staunch the blood-letting failed. «Live Trading News, Jul 15»
7
Hamas and the Daesh twist in Gaza
... the Islamic movement has long learned and dominated the ropes of operation to fight against Israel's blood-letting embargo and sanctions on ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
8
A global tide of terror – from Sousse to Sinai
Symbolism and sadistic grandeur are their hallmarks; therefore they needed to mark their first year anniversary with blood-letting. IS official ... «Daily News Egypt, Jul 15»
9
What is Mabinogi? Korean video game allegedly inspired sick …
What is Mabinogi? Korean video game allegedly inspired sick BLOOD-LETTING rituals in the USA. 17:08, 3 July 2015; By Jeff Parsons ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
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Man 'had sex with girl aged 14 in church and persuaded others to …
Vandergrift Police Officer Joseph Gray told KDKA: “There were some ritualistic issues from the summer and fall of last year, some blood-letting ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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