HIRUDIN


Meaning of HIRUDIN in English

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

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