Longtime means of bloodletting

• Sucking the life from

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A medical treatment using leeches. vb. (present participle of leech English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leech \Leech\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Leeched (l[=e]cht); p. pr. & vb. n. Leeching .] To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds. To bleed by the use of leeches.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Leeching may refer to: Leeching (medical) , also called Hirudotherapy, the use of leeches for bloodletting or medical therapy Leeching (computing) , using others' information or effort without providing anything in return Image leeching , direct linking ...