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Hirudo medicinalis

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Noun1.Hirudo medicinalisHirudo medicinalis - large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
medicinal leech
bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
genus Hirudo, Hirudo - type genus of the family Hirudinidae


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Surgeons have found that the medicinal leech, or Hirudo medicinalis, helps heal skin grafts and reattached fingers and ears.
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In fact, the most widely used species is named Hirudo medicinalis.
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Researchers are now studying a genetically engineered version of hirudin, a powerful blood thinner found in the saliva of the European leech Hirudo medicinalis.
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