Hirudo medicinalis
"Hirudo medicinalis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of European freshwater LEECHES used for BLOODLETTING in ancient times and also for LEECHING in modern times.
Descriptor ID |
D047709
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MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.091.426.400
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Concept/Terms |
Hirudo medicinalis- Hirudo medicinalis
- Hirudo medicinali
- medicinali, Hirudo
- medicinalis, Hirudo
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