English Dictionary

bloodletting

名詞

歴史的 広義

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

日本語の意味

瀉血（しゃけつ）：病気治療のために、体内の血液を意図的に抜く歴史的な医学行為。

Although physicians of the era relied on bloodletting to treat a wide range of illnesses, many patients grew weaker afterward.

その時代の医師たちは幅広い病気の治療として血を抜く治療（瀉血）に頼っていたが、多くの患者はその後むしろ弱っていった。

意味（1）

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief.

意味（2）

(by extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.

Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.

意味（3）

A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.…The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch'ang county and of Yunnan province. As a result, the mutual killing spread throughout Yunnan. The fault lies not with the people but with the officials.

bloodlettings （ plural ）