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- Bloodletting - 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.
- Deplete - a. - To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
- Depletion - n. - the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.