carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | punishment for one's actions |
| (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |