| NOUN | artifact | heparin, 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 |
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| Sounds | hheh'perihn | |
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| Rhymes | Adrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn... | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Lipo-Hepin, Liquaemin | |
| Broader | anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant | medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood |
| polysaccharide, polyose | Any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules | |
| Spanish | heparina | |
| Catalan | heparina | |
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