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Definitions of leeches in various dictionaries:
noun - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
verb - draw blood
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| There are 3 classes of annelids: bristleworms, earthworms & these bloodsuckers |
| These blood-sucking worms are used in medicine today to drain hematomas |
| George Washington is one of many whose death is attributed to bleeding by these |
| Today these bloodsucking creatures are sometimes used by physicians to treat hematomas |
| In 19th century France, this aquatic worm was raised on farms by the thousands for medicinal purposes |
| Doctors are again using these worms, now to remove blood clots in fingers reattached by microsurgery |
| These blood-sucking jungle worms produce hirudin, a chemical substance that prevents blood from thickening |
| Hirudin is an anticoagulant obtained from the secretions of these medicinal worms |
| When these medicinal worms finish sucking your blood, they drop off; alert your nurse when this happens |
| These medicinal worms were once used to treat headaches & mental illnesses |
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| an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends. Many species are bloodsucking parasites, especially of vertebrates, and others are predators. |
| Plural form of leech. |
| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leech. |
| Leeches might refer to |
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| Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worm-like animals that belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the subclass Hirudinea. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworms, and like them have soft, muscular, segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract. Both groups are hermaphrodites and have a clitellum, but leeches typically differ from the oligochaetes in having suckers at both ends and in having external annulations that do not correspond with their internal segmentation. The body is relatively solid, and the spacious body cavity found in other annelids, the coelom, is reduced to small channels. * The majority of leeches live in freshwater environments, while some species can be found in terrestrial and marine environments. The best-known, such as the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, are hematophagous, attaching themselves to a host with a sucker and feeding on blood, having first secreted the peptide hirudin to prevent the blood from clot |