Hirudo

[ hĭ-rōō′dō ]

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A genus of leeches that includes the species most commonly used in medicine.

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In Hirudo, Leuckart (No. 362) has described three similar pairs of organs the structure of which he has fully elucidated.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
The general development of the body of Nephelis and Hirudo is nearly the same as that of Clepsine.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
In Hirudo the posterior sacculation of the stomach is primitively unpaired.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
They were well known to the ancients under the name of hirudo.
Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

Non missura cutem, nisi plena cruoris hirudo—A 10 leech that will not leave the skin until it is gorged with blood.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood