HIRUDIN

Meaning of HIRUDIN in English

An anticoagulant (anti-clotting) agent that prevents thromboembolic complications (clots that travel through the blood stream to clog up a vessel). Hirudin is the active principle in the secretion of leeches. Desirudin and lepirudin (REFLUDAN) are genetically engineered recombinant forms of hirudin.

English dictionary of medicine. Английский словарь медицины. 2012

HIRUDIN — noun Etymology: from Hirudin, a trademark Date: 1905 an anticoagulant extracted from the buccal glands of the medicinal leech
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIRUDIN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDIN — /hir"yeuh din, hir"euh-, hi roohd"n/ , n. a gray or white, water-soluble acidic polypeptide obtained from the buccal gland of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIRUDIN — n. substance used in medicine to prevent clotting
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HIRUDIN — noun Etymology: from Hirudin, a trademark Date: 1905 : an anticoagulant extracted from the buccal glands of the medicinal leech
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIRUDIN — [hi.ru.din] n [fr. Hirudin, a trademark] (1905): an anticoagulant extracted from the buccal glands of a leech
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIRUDIN — гирудин (антикоагулянт)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
HIRUDIN — n. Pronunciation: hi- ' rü-d ə n, ' hir-(y) ə - Function: noun Etymology: from Hirudin, a trademark Date: 1905 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MEDICINAL LEECH — noun Date: 1804 a large European freshwater leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEECH — Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at the …
Английский словарь Британика
HIRUDINIZE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINIDAE — ˌhir(y)əˈdinəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo, type genus + -idae : a family of aquatic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINIASIS — ˌhir(y)ədə̇ˈnīəsə̇s, hə̇ˌrüd ə nˈī- noun ( plural hirudinia·ses -īəˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo + -iasis : infestation with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINEI — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdinēˌī Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo synonym of hirudinea
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINEA — ˌhir(y)əˈdinēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo : a class of hermaphroditic aquatic, terrestrial, or parasitic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINOID — /hi roohd"n oyd'/ , adj. of, pertaining to, or resembling a leech. [ HIRUDIN(EAN) + -OID ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIRUDINEAN — /hir'oo din"ee euhn/ , n. 1. any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches. adj. 2. belonging or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINAL LEECH — Date: 1804 : a large European freshwater leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEECH — Head of the giant Amazon leech (Haementeria ghilianii). The retractable proboscis is used to (class Hirudinea) any of about 650 …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANNELID
Britannica English vocabulary
LEECH — n. Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

English Dictionary of Medicine

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