medicinal leech
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medicinal leech
noun
a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long: once used by physicians to bleed patients.
Origin:
1885–90
1885–90
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| medicinal leech | |
| —n | |
| a large European freshwater leech, Hirudo medicinalis, formerly used in medical bloodletting | |
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Medicinal leech
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The same result has followed from keeping together different varieties of the medicinal leech.
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