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heparin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun heparin has 1 sense
- heparin(n = noun.artifact) lipo-hepin, liquaemin - a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery; Array is a kind of anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, polyose, polysaccharide
OXFORD DICTIONARY
heparin, n. Biochem. a substance produced in liver cells etc. which inhibits blood coagulation, and is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.
Derivative
heparinize v.tr. (also -ise).
Etymology
L f. Gk hepar liver
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