leech

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
2. A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
3. A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

Verb

1. To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
2. To drain (resources) without giving back.

Verb

To treat, cure or heal.

Concepten

bloedzuiger

lijk

parasiet

aderlaten

parasiteren

echel

laak

uitzuiger

uitzuigen

heler

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/liːt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke ("blood-sucking worm"; > modern Dutch laak).