Hirudinize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To inject hirudin into blood to prevent coagulation.

    "In the hirudin experiments to be detailed, equal parts of the same extract were employed in hirudinized and control animals."

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"In the hirudin experiments to be detailed, equal parts of the same extract were employed in hirudinized and control animals."

Etymology

From hirudin + -ize.

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