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medicinal leech
noun
Definition of MEDICINAL LEECH
: a large European freshwater leech (Hirudo medicinalis) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes used to drain blood (as from newly grafted tissue), and was formerly used to bleed patients thought to have excess blood
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First Known Use of MEDICINAL LEECH
1804
Medical Dictionary
medicinal leech
noun
Medical Definition of MEDICINAL LEECH
: a large European freshwater leech of the genus Hirudo (H. medicinalis) that is a source of hirudin, is now sometimes used to drain blood (as from a hematoma), and was formerly used to bleed patients thought to have excess blood
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