aderlaten — meaning in English

English meaning

• bloodlet verb To remove blood from the body, especially as an old medical treatment.
• leech noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.

Senses

aderlaten is used for these senses in English:

• bloodlet (transitive) To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.
• leech (transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
• leech (transitive, figuratively) To drain (resources) without giving back.

leech — full definition

1. noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.
2. noun A person who takes advantage of others without giving anything back.
3. verb To drain something, such as money or resources, without contributing in return.

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