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Definition of Leeched
1. leech [v] - See also: leech
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeched
Literary usage of Leeched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1840)
"... at it* spine it may be leeched; bat without km of time active counter-irritation
should W applied to the immediate neighbourhood. ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Efficacy of Bloodletting, in the Epidemic Fever by Benjamin Welsh (1819)
"Thus, of the 133 patients who suffered a relapse, 42, or 1 in 3s were bled from
the arm only ; 20, or 1 in 6~ were both bled and leeched ; 22, ..."
3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1874)
"... Moore's) care when returning to India, being introduced to him by her medical
attendant from London, who requested that she should be leeched if the ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"How leeched you are not gone to school ?" " How leeched thou does not go to thy
work ?" L. See How LICHT. LEEDY, s. lady. W. CHES. This pronunciation of the ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Dialect of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh (1877)
"How leeched you are not gone to school ? " " How leeched thou dost not go to thy
work ? " L. LEET, s.—A light . ..."
6. A Treatise on the Continued Fevers of Great Britain by Charles Murchison (1873)
"Again, of the 133 patients who suffered a relapse, 42 were bled from the arm
during the relapse; 20 were both bled and leeched ; 22 were bled by means of ..."
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