(hirudo)
81leeching — ▪ medical procedure the application of a living leech to the skin in order to initiate blood flow or deplete blood from a localized area of the body. Through the 19th century leeching was frequently practiced in Europe, Asia, and America to… …
82Hirudin — An anti clotting agent that prevents blood clots from traveling through the blood stream to clog up a vessel (thromboembolic complications). Hirudin is the active principle in the secretion of leeches. Desirudin and lepirudin (brand name:… …
83Hirudinea — The leeches, a class of worms (phylum Annelida) with flat, segmented bodies, a sucker at the posterior end, and often a smaller sucker at the anterior end; they are predatory on invertebrate tissues, or feed on blood and tissue exudates of… …
84Entenegel — Systematik Unterklasse: Egel (Hirudinea) Ordnung: Hirudinida Unterordnung: Rüsselegel (Rhynchobdelliformes) Familie: Plattenegel (Glossiphonii …
85Hemiclepsis marginata — Systematik Unterklasse: Egel (Hirudinea) Ordnung: Hirudinida Unterordnung: Rüsselegel (Rhynchobdelliformes) Familie: Platte …
86médicinal — médicinal, ale, aux [ medisinal, o ] adj. • fin XIIe medecinal; lat. medicinalis ♦ Qui a des propriétés curatives. Herbe, plante médicinale. ⇒ simple. ● médicinal, médicinale, médicinaux adjectif (latin medicinalis, de medicus, médecin) Qui sert… …
87sangsue — [ sɑ̃sy ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. sanguisuga, de sanguis « sang » et sugare « sucer » 1 ♦ Ver annélide (hirudinées), souvent ectoparasite de vertébrés, dont l espèce la plus importante est la sangsue médicinale, utilisée autrefois pour les saignées… …
88medicinal leech — n a large European freshwater leech of the genus Hirudo (H. medicinalis) that is a source of hirudin, is now sometimes used to drain blood (as from a hematoma), and was formerly used to bleed patients thought to have excess blood * * * Hirudo… …
89Горелая долина (урочище) — Горелая долина  урочище, расположенное в Змиевском районе Харьковской области в бассейне реки Северский Донец, в четырёх километрах юго восточней озера Лиман, на третьей надлуговой террасе. Эта территория уникальна как единственное… …
90SANGUISUGA — Plinii aevô dici coepit, quae prius Hirudo vocabatur, de qua voce retro dictum. Hinc Plin. l. 8. c. 10. ubi de elephantis, Cruciatum in potu maximum sentiunt, haustâ hirudine, quam sanguisugam vulgo coeisse appellari adverto. Et l. 32. c. 10.… …
