Definition

• noun: a type of worm that attaches itself to the skin of animals and sucks their blood
• noun: any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end
• verb: to bleed by the use of 'leeches'
• synonyms: physician, doctor