heparin

From Latin hepar (“liver”) +‎ -in.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛp.ə.ɹɪn/

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heparin (countable and uncountable, plural heparins)

1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.

• heparan

• “heparin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “heparin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• -phrenia, Phairen, Riphean