heparin
pronunciation
How to pronounce heparin in British English:
UK ['hepərɪn]
How to pronounce heparin in American English:
US ['hepərɪn]
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- Noun:
- a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibit the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; heparin sodium (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thromb
Word Origin
- heparin (n.)
- substance found in the liver, lungs and other tissues, 1918, from Greek hepar "liver" (see hepatitis) + -in (2).
Example
- 1. Heparin is derived from pig intestines .
- 2. The fda said it has established a potential link between the chemical and allergic reactions and deaths associated with contaminated heparin .
- 3. In the heparin case chinese suppliers replaced the main ingredient with a cheaper , dangerous substance that still passed authentication tests .
- 4. Citing an internal fda document from april 2008 , the letter says some lots of crude heparin that chongqing imperial supplied to an ohio company tested positive for contamination .
- 5. Disagreements over the cause and investigation of safety problems with heparin is the latest blow to sino-american co-operation over questions of unsafe products made in , or with ingredients sourced , in china .