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leech
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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leech2 an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends. Many species are bloodsucking parasites, especially of vertebrates (leeches were traditionally used in medicine to draw off blood) and others are predators, giving rise to the transferred sense of a person who extorts profit from or sponges on others (see also
horseleech).
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Leeches Still Have Medical Value
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/20/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Rosenberg, who went into the leech business back in 1986. Leeches U.S.A. operates from...top of the line in the leech world. Leeches U.S.A. ships 20...that the shop dealt in leeches. But the leech soon got a bad rap...
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The leeches are back
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 4/26/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...What do you do with leeches on your skin? Leech therapy like all...cleared medicinal leeches for marketing...that Egyptians used leech therapy 3,500...European Medical Leech. Other Hirudo species...used as medicinal leeches include (but are...
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Leeches increasingly used by plastic surgeons.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/30/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...alongside more than 50 leeches. ``But we haven...found a mechanical leech yet.'' Indeed...really amazing what a leech can do,'' says...Rosenberg, a partner at Leeches U.S.A., whose...frantically called the leech farm when the leeches started popping...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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LEECHES MAKING MEDICAL COMEBACK.(Living Today)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/13/1988; 700+ words
; ...surgeons enlist the leech's appetite for...sucking blood, leeches pack an extraordinary...the finger. The leech remains fastened...possible infection, leeches are not reused...outflow. Dozens of leeches may be used in a day. Leech treatment, Dolph...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Leech therapy? Don't balk, it could ease arthritis pain.(Health & Fitness)(Alternative approach)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 9/23/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...of arthritis. Leech therapy is common...than 350,000 leeches were sold in Germany...at four weeks. Leech therapy is used...microsurgery. Leeches produce a number...hours after the leech has finished feeding. Leeches used for arthritis...
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Microsurgeons using leeches to re-establish severed veins
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/10/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...Rosenberg said. Leech therapy, which...the number of leeches used depends on...blood after the leech is finished feeding...100 surgeons buy leeches from Leeches U...distributor of leeches grown at the Biopharm leech farm in Wales...
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Leech Parasitism in a Turtle Assemblage: Effects of Host and Environmental Characteristics
Magazine article from: Copeia; 3/21/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...was not decreased by either leech or hemoparasite infestations...aerial-basking to encourage leech desiccation and predation...close to the substrate where leeches reside (Ryan and Lambert...used to explain variation in leech loads between turtle hosts...
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Leech therapy back in Kashmir
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...wound after the leech is removed. And leeches are to be removed...application of medicinal leech 'Hirudo medicinalis...The medicinal leeches are brown, red...1980, medicinal leech therapy got a big...surgeons who used leeches to relieve venous...
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Leech Lake Tribal Council dissolves Twin Cities' Local Community
Newspaper article from: Ojibwe News, The; 2/11/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Blair Ojibwe News, The 02-11-1994 Leech Lake Tribal Council dissolves Twin Cities...Community Council. Nearly three years ago the Leech Lake Reservation Tribal Council (LLRTC...Howard "Howie" White, Chairman of the Leech Lake Twin Cities Office (LLTCO) Community...
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Leech therapy makes a revival in Kashmir
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 4/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...venous congestion. Leech therapy is considered...blood-sucking leeches bite a person...the exodus. But leech therapy is easier...draining because leeches have certain enzymes...program incharge of leech therapy. The hospitals using leeches for treatment...
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Leeches
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...of their bodies. Leeches consume the blood...humans. To feed, a leech first attaches itself...person bitten by a leech may not even be aware...For centuries, leeches were a common tool...the chemicals in leech saliva is currently...medicinalis . Aftercare The leeches are removed by ...
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leech
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...that hold enough of the leech's staple food, blood...reproductive system is complex; leeches are hermaphroditic and...osteoarthritis. Certain small leeches of the E Mediterranean...passages. The giant Amazon leech can grow as large as...an adult human being. Leeches are classified in the...
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Leeches, Eels, & Lampreys
Book article from: Fly Fishing: The Lifetime Sport
...Leeches, Eels, & Lampreys Leeches Leeches are used best for catching large...and elongated. Both ends of the leech have strong suction cups to hold...x201D; - 6 ” in length. Leeches have a wide range of color, anywhere...
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leeches
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
leeches See Hirudinea .
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Leech, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Leech, John (1817–64), caricaturist and illustrator, a friend of Thackeray and of Dickens , whose A Christmas Carol...
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