αφαίμαξη
Greek
Noun
αφαίμαξη • (afaímaxi) f (plural αφαίμαξες)
- (medicine, dated) blood-letting, bleeding
- Coordinate terms: αφαιμαξομετάγγιση (afaimaxometángisi, “exchange transfusuion”), αιμοδοσία (aimodosía, “blood donation”), αιμορραγώ (aimorragó, “to haemorrhage”)
- (figuratively) draining a resource
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αφαίμαξη (afaímaxi) | αφαιμάξεις (afaimáxeis) |
| genitive | αφαίμαξης (afaímaxis) | αφαιμάξεων (afaimáxeon) |
| accusative | αφαίμαξη (afaímaxi) | αφαιμάξεις (afaimáxeis) |
| vocative | αφαίμαξη (afaímaxi) | αφαιμάξεις (afaimáxeis) |
Older or formal genitive singular: αφαιμάξεως (afaimáxeos)
Related terms
Further reading
- αφαίμαξη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- “αφαίμαξη”, in Platform to search dictionaries of modern and medieval Greek at the Centre for the Greek language