leechbook

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medical text of the Anglo-Saxon era; a compilation of medicinal cures and remedies used by leeches. historical
    — This Saxon manuscript has a dignity which is unique, for it is the oldest existing leech book written in the vernacular.

词形变化

leechbooks plural

词源

From Middle English leche (“doctor, physician”), from Old English lǣċe (“medical doctor”) + boc (“book”).
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