Medical Dictionary

Hirudo

noun Hi·ru·do \hi-ˈrü-(ˌ)dō\

Medical Definition of HIRUDO

:  a genus of leeches that is the type of the family Hirudinidae and includes the common medicinal leech (H. medicinalis)

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