hirudinize

present singular third person hirudinizes · participle present hirudinizing · participle past hirudinized · past hirudinized

1. medicineTo inject hirudin into blood to prevent coagulation.

   The hirudinized blood of a control was divided evenly into four small test tubes.

   1927, E.H. Rubin, Norman N. Smith, “Relation of Hemoglobin, Cell Count and Cell Volume to the Erythrocyte Sedimentation Reaction”, in Archives of Internal Medicine, volume 39, page 309

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

   1910, Robert T. Frank, “Has Ovotherapy An Experimental Basis?”, in Archives of Internal Medicine, volume 6, page 318

   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[…]

   1927 May 25, Myron M. Weaver, “Distribution of Pancreatic Secretin”, in American Journal of Physiology, volume 82, page 110

   A 600μL blood sample acquired in hirudinized tubes (Sarstedt) was obtained to perform ADP and TRAP tests in each patient.

   2015 August 29, “High Platelet Reactivity in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Prasugrel and Clopidogrel”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI