кровопуска́ние — meaning in English
krovopuskaniye
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English meaning
- bloodletting noun The old medical practice of draining blood from a patient believed to cure illness.
Senses
кровопуска́ние 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
- noun The old medical practice of draining blood from a patient believed to cure illness.
- noun (figurative) A painful reduction of something, such as staff or funding, in hopes of improving the situation.
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