"bdellatomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Irregularly formed as Ancient Greek βδέλλᾰ (bdéllă, “leech”) + -tomy (from -τοµία (-toµía, “a cutting”); from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”); the etymological spelling is bdellotomy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|βδέλλα|βδέλλᾰ|leech}} Ancient Greek βδέλλᾰ (bdéllă, “leech”), {{affix|en|-tomy}} -tomy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bdellatomy (uncountable)
  1. (archaic) The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood. Tags: archaic, uncountable

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