hirudinize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To inject hirudin into blood to prevent coagulation.
Example Sentences
- "In the hirudin experiments to be detailed, equal parts of the same extract were employed in hirudinized and control animals."
- "The hirudinized blood of a control was divided evenly into four small test tubes."
- "Suitable precautions are necessary to prevent coagulation in the splenic artery and this may be accomplished either by hirudinizing the animal or, what has proved more satisfactory[…]"
- "A 600μL blood sample acquired in hirudinized tubes (Sarstedt) was obtained to perform ADP and TRAP tests in each patient."
Etymology
From hirudin + -ize.