kan alma (hastadan)

Turkish - English

Definition of kan alma (hastadan) in Turkish English dictionary

{i} bloodletting

By extension, the diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect

The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person

{i} phlebotomy, draining of blood for medical purposes; killing, bloodshed

indiscriminate slaughter

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

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

formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

Hyphenation

kan al·ma (has·ta·dan)