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hirudin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hirudin
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin hirūdo (“leech”) + -in.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hirudins (plural)

Derived Forms

hirudinization hirudinize hirudinized

Phrases

-irudin

Frequently Paired Words

hirudinal Hirudo

Questions

What does hirudin mean?
A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.
Where does hirudin come from?
From Latin hirūdo (“leech”) + -in.

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