Assertion: leech's use | /r/HasProperty | medical
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text: In modern times, leeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases such as epicondylitis and osteoarthritis, extremity vein diseases, and in microsurgery, while hirudin is used as an anticoagulant drug to treat blood-clotting disorders.
text: The leeches used are specially bred and grown for medical use, from the species Hirudo medicinalis.