hirudin

hirudin
/hir"yeuh din, hir"euh-, hi roohd"n/, n.
a gray or white, water-soluble acidic polypeptide obtained from the buccal gland of leeches, used in medicine chiefly as an anticoagulant.
[1900-05; formerly trademark]

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