To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
To drain (resources) without giving back.
A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion.
The aft edge of a triangular sail.
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
A healer.
The vertical edge of a square sail.
To perform a phlebotomy; to open a vein to withdraw or let blood.
To perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let blood.
To perform a phlebotomy on (a person): to open a vein of (a person) to withdraw or let blood.