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leech1
noun (leeches )
1 any of various annelid worms with a cylindrical or flattened body bearing suckers at each end, especially a blood-sucking species which was formerly used medicinally for bloodletting.
2 a person who befriends another in the hope of personal gain.
3 archaic a doctor or physician.
verb (leeches , leeched , leeching )
1 med , archaic to treat (a patient) by applying leeches.
2 intr (usu leech off someone or something) to use them or it to one's advantage, usually without permission and often in an objectionable way.
[Anglo-Saxon læce ]
noun (leeches )
1 any of various annelid worms with a cylindrical or flattened body bearing suckers at each end, especially a blood-sucking species which was formerly used medicinally for bloodletting.
2 a person who befriends another in the hope of personal gain.
3 archaic a doctor or physician.
verb (leeches , leeched , leeching )
1 med , archaic to treat (a patient) by applying leeches.
2 intr (usu leech off someone or something) to use them or it to one's advantage, usually without permission and often in an objectionable way.
[Anglo-Saxon læce ]
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