heparin

heparin has 1 sense in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. 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