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hirudin Biochem.|hɪˈruːdɪn|
[a. G. her-, hirudin, attributed to Jacobj (see F. Franz 1903, in Arch. f. exper. Path. und Pharm. XLIX. 362), f. L. hirūdo leech + -in1.]
An anticoagulant protein produced by the salivary glands of leeches which acts by combining with thrombin in the blood.
1905Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXVIII. ii. 339 The substance named hirudin separated from leech extract has a very variable activity. 1908Practitioner Apr. 463 Coagulation is prevented by the use of ‘hirudin’. 1963R. P. Dales Annelids ii. 60 Leeches have one or more pairs of ‘salivary’ glands producing an anti-coagulant, ‘hirudin’, preventing the blood from clotting as it is ingested. |