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leechcraft

noun

Etymology

From Middle English lechecraft (“practise of medicine”), from Old English lǣċecræft (“medicine”), equivalent to leech + -craft. More at leech, craft.

  1. inherited from lǣċecræft — “medicine”
  2. inherited from lechecraft — “practise of medicine”

Definitions

  1. The art or practice of healing or medicine.

    • The course of his adventures at length conducted him to Scotland, where he followed his leechcraft with similar success.
    • Our villain, who may or may not be 'Dr James', knows his Latin but not - if I may so phrase it - his leechcraft."

  2. The skill or expertise of a physician, medical knowledge

    The skill or expertise of a physician, medical knowledge; medical attendance.

    • Smitten with apprehension, I crawled unto the cell of one of the brethren, renowned for his leechcraft; [...]
    • She had long ago accepted his disapproval, but she had perfect trust in him and his leechcraft as she had had at Hugh's bedside in Bordeaux.
    • He proposed that Olav Audunsson should move down to his house and submit himself to his leechcraft.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA