leeching

leeching
The former practice of applying leeches to the body to draw blood for therapeutic purposes.

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leech·ing (lēchґing) the application of a leech for the withdrawal of blood; formerly used extensively in the treatment of various disorders and still used occasionally to reduce postsurgical venous congestion, as in tissue flaps, grafts, or transplants; called also hirudinization.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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