hirudinize

hirudin +‎ -ize

hirudinize (third-person singular simple present hirudinizes, present participle hirudinizing, simple past and past participle hirudinized)

1. (medicine) To inject hirudin into blood to prevent coagulation.
   • 1910, Robert T. Frank, “Has Ovotherapy An Experimental Basis?”, in Archives of Internal Medicine, volume 6, page 318:

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

   • 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:

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

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

     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 […]

   • 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:

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

• hirudinization