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LIPO-HEPIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lipo-Hepin mean?
• LIPO-HEPIN (noun)
The noun LIPO-HEPIN has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: LIPO-HEPIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
heparin; Lipo-Hepin; Liquaemin
Hypernyms ("Lipo-Hepin" is a kind of...):
anticoagulant; anticoagulant medication; decoagulant (medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood)
polyose; polysaccharide (any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules)
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