heparin

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hepar (“liver”), and -in.

Noun

heparin (countable and uncountable, plural heparins)

1. (medicine, biochemistry) A glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant

Derived terms

• heparinize
• heparinized

Translations

a glycosaminoglycan

• Catalan: heparina f
• French: héparine (fr) f
• German: Heparin n
• Italian: eparina (it) f
• Persian: هپارین (hepârin)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: heparyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: heparina f
• Russian: гепари́н (ru) m (geparín)
• Spanish: heparina f

Anagrams

• -phrenia, Riphean