heparin
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin hepar (“liver”), and -in.
Noun
heparin (countable and uncountable, plural heparins)
- (medicine, biochemistry) A glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant
Derived terms
Translations
a glycosaminoglycan