Hirudo medicinalis
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hirudo-medicinalis-181-3866447
title:
Hirudo medicinalis
text:
Hirudo medicinalis, or the European medicinal leech, is one of several species of leeches used as medicinal leeches. Other species of Hirudo sometimes also used as medicinal leeches include H. orientalis, H. troctina, and H. verbana. The Asian medicinal leech includes Hirudinaria manillensis, and the North American medicinal leech is Macrobdella decora. Medicinal leech populations were reduced significantly in many countries during the 19th century due to the high demand in medical contexts, and
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of annelid worm
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudo_medicinalis
date created:
2004-03-02T07:08:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T20:53:45Z
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fields total:
13
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16