Blood-letting

noun

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Noun

1
Alternative form of bloodletting. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

bloodshed aspiration bane battue bleeding bleeding

Example

"Benjamin Rush was convinced mercury and blood-letting, "the depleting cure" as he called it, was the key to recovery."

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