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Definition of Hirudin
1. Noun. (medicine) A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hirudin
1. an anticoagulant [n -S] - See also: anticoagulant
Medical Definition of Hirudin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirudin
Literary usage of Hirudin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"My work was commenced by testing hirudin. hirudin has been used quite extensively
in Germany in the treatment of eclampsia. ..."
2. The Journal of Infectious Diseases by Infectious Diseases Society of America, John Rockefeller McCormick Memorial Fund, John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases (1914)
"hirudin has given equally satisfactory results with the ... The simple method of
using hirudin that I have described is so satisfactory that it may find ..."
3. Report of the Henry Phipps Institute by University of Pennsylvania, Henry Phipps Institute (1915)
"hirudin has given equally satisfactory results with the blood- cells of all
vertebrates ... The simple method of using hirudin that I have described is so ..."
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