Bloodlettings Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Bloodlettings

Meaning 1 : indiscriminate slaughter

    Example : ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name

    Synonyms : battue,  bloodbath,  bloodshed
Meaning 2 : formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)