bdellatomyEtymologyIrregularly formed as Ancient Greek βδέλλᾰ (bdéllă, “leech”) + -tomy (from -τομία (-tomía, “a cutting”); from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”); the etymological spelling is bdellotomy.bdellatomy means the snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounThe snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.