bloodletting
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | Date: 2008
blood·let·ting
/ ˈblədˌleting/
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n. chiefly hist.
the surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes.
∎
the violent killing and wounding of people during a war or conflict:
gang members have halted their internecine bloodletting.
∎
bitter division and quarreling within an organization.
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2008, originally published by Oxford University Press 2008.
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