n.
Pronunciation: hi- ' rü-d ə n, ' hir-(y) ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: from Hirudin, a trademark
Date: 1905
: an anticoagulant extracted from the buccal glands of the medicinal leech
n.
Pronunciation: hi- ' rü-d ə n, ' hir-(y) ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: from Hirudin, a trademark
Date: 1905
: an anticoagulant extracted from the buccal glands of the medicinal leech
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012