MEDICINAL LEECH


Meaning of MEDICINAL LEECH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1804

: 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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