medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury

phlebotomy, venesection - surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis

cupping - a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to the skin to draw blood through the surface

medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter, butchery - the savage and excessive killing of many people