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Bloodletting   Listen
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Bloodletting  n.  (Med.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; esp. applied to venesection.






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"Bloodletting" Quotes from Famous Books



... to avoid those hammering fists of the white man. With extraordinary agility he kept out of Cameron's reach, circling about him and dodging in and out among the trees. While thus pressing hard upon the Sioux Cameron suddenly became conscious of a sensation of weakness. The bloodletting of the knife wound was beginning to tell. Cameron began to dread that if ever this Indian made up his mind to run away he might yet escape. He began to regret his trifling with him and he resolved to end the fight as soon as possible ...
— The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail • Ralph Connor



Words linked to "Bloodletting" :   carnage, Dark Ages, massacre, bloodbath, venesection, battue, bloodshed, mass murder, phlebotomy



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