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hirudin

hirudin noun: a peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.

Noun

hirudin (countable and uncountable, plural hirudins)

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

hirudin meaning in Tamil and Arabic

hirudin in Tamil

ஹிருடின்

hirudin in Arabic

peptide obtained from the salivary glands of leeches
هيرودين

Forms of hirudin

pluralhirudins

Origin of hirudin

From Latin hirūdo (“leech”) + -in.

Words formed from hirudin

Questions about hirudin

What does hirudin mean?
Hirudin means a peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.
What is hirudin in Tamil?
Hirudin in Tamil is ஹிருடின். See Hirudin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hirudin?
Hirudin is a noun.
What is the plural of hirudin?
The plural of hirudin is hirudins.

Words near hirudin in the dictionary

  1. Hirtle
  2. Hirtles
  3. hirtose
  4. Hirtshals
  5. Hirubadhoo
  6. hirudin
  7. hirudinal
  8. hirudine
  9. hirudinean
  10. hirudineans
  11. hirudiniasis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hirudin (page history and authors); hirudin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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