bloodletting

bloodletting is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 21 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. indiscriminate slaughter

   "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"

   "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"

   Synonyms: battue, bloodbath, bloodshed

3. noun. formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

Synonyms

battue, bloodbath, bloodshed

Common word forms

bloodlettings

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