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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: medicinal leechOne entry found. Main Entry: medicinal leech Function: noun Date: 1804 : a large European freshwater leech (Hirudo medicinalis) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes used to drain blood (as from newly grafted tissue), and was formerly used to bleed patients thought to have excess blood 
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