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Definition of Leech
1. Verb. Draw blood. "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
Category relationships: Medicine, Practice Of Medicine
Generic synonyms: Care For, Treat
Derivative terms: Phlebotomy
2. Noun. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.
Generic synonyms: Annelid, Annelid Worm, Segmented Worm
Group relationships: Class Hirudinea, Hirudinea
Specialized synonyms: Hirudo Medicinalis, Medicinal Leech, Horseleech
3. Noun. A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.
Generic synonyms: Follower
Derivative terms: Parasitic, Parasitical, Sponge, Sponge
Definition of Leech
1. n. See 2d Leach.
2. v. t. See Leach,
3. n. The border or edge at the side of a sail.
4. n. A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
5. v. t. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
Definition of Leech
1. Noun. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class ''Hirudinea'', especially ''Hirudo medicinalis''. ¹
2. Noun. A person who derives profit from others, in a parasitic fashion. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To apply a '''leech''' medicinally. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back. ¹
5. Noun. (archaic) A physician. ¹
6. Noun. (paganism) A healer in Heathenry. ¹
7. Noun. (context: nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail ¹
8. Noun. (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Leech
1. to cling to and feed upon or drain [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Medical Definition of Leech
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1. Physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
Alternative forms: leach] "Leech, heal thyself." (Wyclif (Luke iv. 23))
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