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The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.

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  1. n. The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.
  2. n. formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)
  3. n. indiscriminate slaughter
  4. The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection.
  5. The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by openinga vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied tovenesection.
  6. n:100 n. formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)