bloodletting (n)

n00698004

type n
lex_filenum 04
def formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
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Hypernym medical care, medical aid
Domain of synset - TOPIC Middle Ages, Dark Ages; medicine, medical specialty
Hyponym venesection, phlebotomy; cupping
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Hyponym medical care, medical aid
Hypernym venesection, phlebotomy; cupping
Member of this domain - TOPIC medicine, medical specialty; Middle Ages, Dark Ages

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