MEDICINAL LEECH

Meaning of MEDICINAL LEECH in English

any of certain leech species, particularly Hirudo medicinalis, once used in the treatment of human diseases. See leech.

Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012

MEDICINAL LEECH — noun Date: 1804 a large European freshwater leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEDICINAL LEECH — noun : a large European freshwater gnathobdellid leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) formerly much used by physicians for bleeding patients
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEDICINAL LEECH — a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINAL LEECH — Date: 1804 : a large European freshwater leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEDICINAL LEECH — Function: noun Date: 1804 : a large European freshwater leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) that is a source of hirudin, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MEDICINAL LEECH — [medicinal leech] n (ca. 1890): a large European freshwater leech (Hirudo medicinalis) formerly used by physicians for bleeding patients
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEDICINAL LEECH — Пиявки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MEDICINAL LEECH — медицинская пиявка (Hirudo medicinalis)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MEDICINAL LEECH — медицинская пиявка ( Hirudo medicinalis )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MEDICINAL LEECH — пятнистая медицинская пиявка
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
MEDICINAL — adj medicinal
Interlingua English vocab
MEDICINAL — (Adjective) medikal
English-Visayan vocabulary
MEDICINAL — adjective Date: 14th century tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain, salutary , ~ noun ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEECH — Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at the …
Английский словарь Британика
MEDICINAL — I. mə̇ˈdis( ə )nəl, meˈ-, archaic ˈmedsə̇n ə l or |medə|sīn ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEECH — I. ˈlēch noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English leche, from Old English lǣce; akin to Old High German lāhhi …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — (a.) Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
Английский словарь Webster
MEDICINAL — (a.) Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or …
Английский словарь Webster
LEECH — (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
Английский словарь Webster
MEDICINAL — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — ( a. ) Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEECH — ( v. t. ) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — — medicinally , adv. /meuh dis"euh nl/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or having the properties of a medicine; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEECH — /leech/ , n. Margaret , 1893-1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEECH — leech 1 — leechlike , adj. /leech/ , n. 1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEECH — v. cling to, stick to like a leech; draw blood using leeches
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEECH — I. ˈlēch noun Etymology: Middle English leche, from Old English lǣce; akin to Old High German lāhhi physician Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEDICINAL — ˌme-di-ˈsī-n ə l & ˈmed-sə-nəl adjective Date: 14th century 1. : tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEDICINAL — adj of or pertaining to medicine; medical. 2. medicinal ·adj having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or …
Webster English vocab
LEECH — noun ·see 2d leach. 2. leech ·vt ·see leach, ·vt. 3. leech ·vt to bleed by the use of leeches. …
Webster English vocab
MEDICINAL — [me.dic.i.nal] adj (14c) 1: tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain 2: salutary -- medicinal n -- me.dic.i.nal.ly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEECH — [leech] n [ME leche, fr. OE laece; akin to OHG lahhi physician] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: physician, surgeon 2. [fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEECH — Head of the giant Amazon leech (Haementeria ghilianii). The retractable proboscis is used to (class Hirudinea) any of about 650 …
Britannica English vocabulary
MEDICINAL — medicinal BrE AmE mə ˈdɪs ə n‿ ə l mɪ-, me-, -ɪn- —formerly also ˌmed ɪ ˈsaɪn ə l, ˈmed …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEECH — leech, Leech BrE AmE liːtʃ ▷ leeched liːtʃt ▷ leeches ˈliːtʃ ɪz -əz ▷ leeching ˈliːtʃ ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — / məˈdɪsɪnl; NAmE / adjective helpful in the process of healing illness or infection : medicinal herbs / plants medicinal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — me ‧ di ‧ ci ‧ nal /məˈdɪs ə nəl, mɪˈdɪs ə nəl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEECH — leech /liːtʃ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: læce ] 1 . a small soft creature …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEDICINAL — adj. & n. --adj. (of a substance) having healing properties. --n. a medicinal substance. øømedicinally adv. [ME f. OF f. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEECH — n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MEDICINAL — adj. & n. adj. (of a substance) having healing properties. n. a medicinal substance. medicinally adv. [ ME f. OF …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEECH — n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — adj. & n. --adj. (of a substance) having healing properties. --n. a medicinal substance. Derivatives: medicinally adv. Etymology: ME f. …
Oxford English vocab
LEECH — 1. n.1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, …
Oxford English vocab
MEDICINAL — Medicinal substances or substances with medicinal effects can be used to treat and cure illnesses. ...medicinal plants. ADJ • me‧dici‧nal‧ly …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEECH — ( leeches) 1. A leech is a small animal which looks like a worm and lives in water. Leeches feed …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — Medicinal substances or substances with ~ effects can be used to treat and cure illnesses. ...~ plants. ADJ ~ly Root …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MEDICINAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES for political/military/educational/medicinal etc purposes ▪ This technology could be used for military purposes. healing/medicinal properties …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEDICINAL — [adjective]The spring water has medicinal properties (= it is like a medicine).
Cambridge English vocab
LEECH — [noun] [C] - a fat worm which lives in wet places and fastens itself onto the bodies of humans and …
Cambridge English vocab
LEECH — n. Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEECH — Someone who does little or no work, yet claims responsibility for the final product. To do little or no work …
Slang English vocab
MEDICINAL — adj. Medicinal is used with these nouns: ↑ chemist , ↑ chemistry , ↑ herb , ↑ marijuana , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MEDICINAL — adj. healing, remedial, therapeutic, curative, restorative, sanative; medical, iatric(al), Medicine roborant, analeptic, alexipharmic The doctor prescribed a medicinal ointment for …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEECH — See: HORSE-LEECH
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
LEECH — Among BBS types, crackers and warez d00dz , one who consumes knowledge without generating new software, cracks, or techniques. BBS …
Jargon File English vocabulary
MEDICINAL — прил. лекарственный; целебный medicinal agent ≈ лекарственное средство Syn : officinal 1), curative лекарственный, целебный - * plant /herb/ лекарственное …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEECH — I 1. сущ. 1) пиявка to apply leeches to ≈ приставлять, прикладывать пиявки to stick like a leech ≈ пристать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEDICINAL — a лекарственный, целебный medicinal plant /herb/ - лекарственное растение medicinal preparation - лекарственный препарат medicinal bath - лечебная ванна
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEECH — _I 1. li:tʃ n 1. зоол. пиявка медицинская ( Hirudo medicinalis ) 2. кровопийца, вымогатель 3. арх. , шутл. врач, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MEDICINAL — medicinal прил.лекарственный; целебный medicinal agent — лекарственное средство Syn:officinal 1), curative
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LEECH — I leech сущ.1) пиявка to apply leeches to — приставлять, прикладывать пиявки to stick like a leech — пристать как …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MEDICINAL — a лекарственный, целебный medicinal plant /herb/ - лекарственное растение medicinal preparation - лекарственный препарат medicinal bath - лечебная ванна
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEECH — _I 1. li:tʃ n 1. зоол. пиявка медицинская ( Hirudo medicinalis ) 2. кровопийца, вымогатель 3. арх. , шутл. врач, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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