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heparin
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hep·a·rin  (hpr-n)
n.
An acidic glycosaminoglycan found especially in lung and liver tissue and having the ability to prevent the clotting of blood, used in the treatment of thrombosis.

[Late Latin hpar, liver (from Greek; see ykw in Indo-European roots) + -in.]

heparin [ˈhɛpərɪn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a polysaccharide, containing sulphate groups, present in most body tissues: an anticoagulant used in the treatment of thrombosis
[from Greek hēpar the liver + -in]
heparinoid  adj

heparin  (hpr-n)
An acidic glycosaminoglycan found especially in lung and liver tissue that prevents the clotting of blood and is used intravenously in the treatment of thrombosis and embolism.
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Noun1.heparin - 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
anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant - medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules


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