MEDICINAL LEECH

Meaning of MEDICINAL LEECH in English

noun

: a large European freshwater gnathobdellid leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) formerly much used by physicians for bleeding patients

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 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 — 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 — any of certain leech species, particularly Hirudo medicinalis, once used in the treatment of human diseases. See leech.
Britannica English vocabulary
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

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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