| medicinal leech |
large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
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| medicinal leech |
In pre-scientific medicine, the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis) was used to remove blood from a patient as part of a process to "balance" the "humors" that, according to Hippocrates, must be kept in balance in order for the human body to function properly. (The four humors of ancient medical philosophy were blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile. ...
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| medicinal |
1. having healing qualities. 2. pertaining to a medicine or to healing.
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| medicinal l. |
Hirudo medicinalis.
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| medicinal soft s. |
green s.
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