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leech-finger - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
a nerve or artery ran from this digit to the heart. It gave the finger a prominent role in medical lore and practice.
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leech-finger, n. meanings, etymology and more
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1600s. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and ...
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Ring finger - Wikipedia
fourth finger, leech finger, or annulary is the fourth digit of the human hand, located between the middle finger and the little finger. Ring finger.
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leech-finger
† leech-finger Obs. [OE. lǽcefinger, a transl. of L. digitus medicus, Gr. δάκτυλος ἰατρικός. Cf. ON. lǽknisfingr; also the Eng. synonyms † medical finger, † physic finger.] The finger next to the little finger.c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 394 Sing on ðine læcefinger in pater noster. a 1100 Voc. in Wr.-Wül...
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How the 'Ring Finger' Got Its Name - Merriam-Webster
Others believed that pinching, stabbing, or even bloodletting from this finger would cure ailments, hence its other, earlier, name, the leech finger. Quick ...
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Leech-finger Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
noun (anatomy) The finger next to little finger; third finger; ring-finger. Wiktionary Origin of Leech-finger From Middle English leche fingir, læchefinger.
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Turtle leech
The finger-like gills tend to get smaller as they progress towards the posterior end. Afterwards, genomic DNA was extracted from leech tissue far from the digestive tract in order to avoid contamination from turtle host’s blood.
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Leech Therapy in Nearly Total Amputation of Fingers Without ...
The authors recommend leech therapy technique as an alternative option in patients with fingers crush injury in which microvascular surgery is impossible to ...
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It's probably a stupid question. What was the ring finger called ...
The answer to your question is: prior to being called the ringer finger, the fourth digit was also known as the leech-finger, the leechman
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Leechfinger - White Wolf Wiki - Fandom
Leechfinger is one of the sub-types of the Darkling seeming - Changeling who steal life from humans, grain by grain, drop by drop, with just a touch.
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"LEECHFINGER": Mythical creature that drains vitality - OneLook
noun: Alternative form of leech-finger [(anatomy, obsolete) The finger next to the little finger; ring-finger.] Similar: ring-finger, mid-finger, ...
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Salvage of an Ischaemic Finger by Application of Medicinal Leeches
The leech was indispensable in 19th century medicine for blood-letting, a practice believed to be a cure for anything from headaches to gout. It then went out ...
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leech
▪ I. leech, n.1 (liːtʃ) Forms: 1 lǽce, Northumb. léce, 2–6 leche, 3 lache, læche, liache, 3, 6 leache, 4 leyche, 4–5 lecche, 4–6 lech, 5 leeche, lieche, 6 Sc. leiche, leitche, 6–9 leach, 6– leech. [OE. lǽce str. masc. (once lǽca wk.), corresponds to OFris. (dative) letza, leischa, OHG. lâhhi, MSw. l...
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Nor for the Abbess' wailing will delay;
No bawling Mendicant shall say him nay;
E'en to the pyx the Priest he followeth,
Nor can the Leech * his chilling finger stay . . .
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finger
▪ I. finger, n. (ˈfɪŋgə(r)) Forms: 1 finger, 3 fenger, fingre, finker, 3–5 south. ving(e)re, 3–7 finguer, 4–5 fyngir, -yr, fin-, fyngur, fingere, fyngre, 4–6 fynger, 6 fin-, fyngar, 3– finger. [Com. Teutonic. OE. and OFris. finger, OS. fingar (Du. vinger), OHG. fingar (MHG. vinger, Ger. finger), ON....
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