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A definition or brief description of Ancrod.

An enzyme fraction from the venom of the Malayan pit viper, Agkistrodon rhodostoma, which affects components of coagulation including fibrinogen; used clinically to produce controlled defibrination in patients requiring anticoagulant therapy.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Ancrod (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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