Word: leeching
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: lee
ching
Definition: A medical treatment using leeches.
Morphemes:
Affix: leech
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: lechen
Language: enm
Decoded: lechen
Meaning: to cure, heal, treat
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.