heparin

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Noun

HYPHEN

hep=a=rin

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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

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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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