leech

IPA: ɫˈitʃ

An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
(figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
(medicine, dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.
(archaic) A physician.
(Germanic paganism) A healer.
(nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
(nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.
A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.

(transitive, literally) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
(transitive, figuratively) To drain (resources) without giving back.
(archaic, rare) To treat, cure or heal.

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