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upust krwi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bloodletting noun The old medical practice of draining blood from a patient believed to cure illness.

Senses

upust krwi is used for these senses in English:

  • bloodletting (historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

bloodletting — full definition

  1. noun The old medical practice of draining blood from a patient believed to cure illness.
  2. noun (figurative) A painful reduction of something, such as staff or funding, in hopes of improving the situation.
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