| 单词 | medicinal leech |
| 释义 | medicinal leech in British Englishnoun a large European freshwater leech, Hirudo medicinalis, formerly used in medical bloodletting medicinal leech in American Englishnoun a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 in. (10 cm) long: once used by physicians to bleed patients Word origin [1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: lineup, seminar, sensitization, toner, upsweepExamples of 'medicinal leech' in a sentence |
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