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hirudin
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hir·u·din  (hîr-dn, hîr-dn, -y-)
n.
A substance secreted by the buccal glands of leeches, capable of preventing coagulation by inactivating thrombin and used in medicine as an anticoagulant.
[Originally a trademark, from Latin hird, leech.]
hirudin [hɪˈruːdɪn]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) Med an anticoagulant extracted from the mouth glands of leeches
[from Latin hirudin-, hirudo leech + -in]
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