HIRUDO
\hɜːɹˈuːdə͡ʊ], \hɜːɹˈuːdəʊ], \h_ɜː_ɹ_ˈuː_d_əʊ]\
Definitions of HIRUDO
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Noah Webster.
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The Leech, In medicine, Hirudo Medicinalis, Bdella Medicinalis or Medicinal Leech, (F.) Sangsue, is employed. In the United States, H. decora is used. The leech lives in fresh water, and feeds on the blood of animals, which it sucks, after having pierced the skin with its three sharp teeth. This habit has been taken advantage of, to produce local blood-letting. In applying the leech, the part must be wiped dry; and if there be difficulty in making it suck, a little milk or cream may be applied. When satiated, it will drop off, and by applying a little salt or vinegar to its head it will disgorge the blood. A good English leech will take about half an ounce of blood, including that which flows by fomenting the part subsequently. The American takes less.
By Robley Dunglison
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A member of the phylum Annulata, the class Hirudinea, the family Gnathobdellidae, and the genus Hirudo. The common leech. The salivary secretion prevents the coagulation of the blood. Their bite may cause infection by introducing bacteria or trypanosomes. They are numerous in tropical countries.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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