bloodletting
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
Types & categories
- medical care hypernym
- venesection hyponym
- cupping hyponym
Related & opposite
- medicine domain topic
- Middle Ages domain topic
Sense 2 noun
indiscriminate slaughter
a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered
Types & categories
- massacre hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | Middle Ages |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | medical care |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | venesection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cupping |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | massacre |