heparin

English

Etymology

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

French: héparine (fr) f
German: Heparin n
Italian: eparina (it) f
Persian: هپارین‎ (hepârin)

Polish: heparyna (pl) f
Portuguese: heparina f
Russian: гепари́н (ru) m (geparín)
Spanish: heparina f

Anagrams

-phrenia, Riphean

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