"sanguisuge" meaning in English

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          "text": "For that blody judge\nAnd mighty sanguisuge,\nThe Pope that is so huge,\nIs ever ther refuge;",
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          "ref": "1585, Johann Jacob Wecker, translated by John Banister, A compendious chyrurgerie, book 3, chapter 14, page 452:",
          "text": "Proceede to more manifest diminishing of the humor, by bludletting, cupping, or sanguisuges",
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          "text": "Can slice a veine, and by the trifid sluce\nOf sanguisuge diminish peccant blood",
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