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Translate bloodletting from English to Dutch

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bloodletting:
- bloedvergieten
Wiktionary:
- bloodletting → aderlating

English

Detailed Translations for bloodletting from English to Dutch

bloodletting:

bloodletting [the ~] nom

the bloodletting (bloodshed)
het bloedvergieten
- bloedvergieten [het ~] nom

Translation Matrix for bloodletting:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bloedvergieten	bloodletting; bloodshed
-	battue; bloodbath; bloodshed

Synonyms for "bloodletting":

medical care; medical aid
bloodbath; bloodshed; battue; slaughter; massacre; mass murder; carnage; butchery

Related Definitions for "bloodletting":

indiscriminate slaughter¹
- ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name¹
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)¹

Wiktionary Translations for bloodletting:

bloodletting

noun

ancient medical practice
- bloodletting → aderlating

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University