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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A medicine; remedy. archaic

   "That shall be a leechdom for her, for the one who there combeth her head."

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internal medicinemedicaidmedicarephysicsocialized medicinetherapy

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"That shall be a leechdom for her, for the one who there combeth her head."

Etymology

From Middle English lechedom, from Old English lǣċedōm (“medicament, medicine; healing, salvation”), equivalent to leech + -dom.

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