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bloodlet

bloodlet verb: to bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.

Verb

bloodlet (third-person singular simple present bloodlets, present participle bloodletting, simple past and past participle bloodlet)

  1. (transitive) To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.

Forms of bloodlet

third-person singular presentbloodlets
present participlebloodletting
past participlebloodlet
pastbloodlet

Origin of bloodlet

From Middle English blodleten, from Old English blōdlǣtan (“to let blood, bleed”), equivalent to blood + let. Cognate with German Blutlassen (“bloodletting”), Icelandic blóðlátinn (“bled”, past participle).

Words formed from bloodlet

Questions about bloodlet

What does bloodlet mean?
Bloodlet means to bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.
What part of speech is bloodlet?
Bloodlet is a verb.
What is the past tense of bloodlet?
The past tense of bloodlet is bloodlet.

Words near bloodlet in the dictionary

  1. bloodless surgeries
  2. bloodless surgery
  3. bloodlesse
  4. bloodlessly
  5. bloodlessness
  6. bloodlet
  7. bloodlets
  8. bloodletter
  9. bloodletters
  10. bloodletting
  11. bloodlettings

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