lipo-hepin
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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 (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, |
| definition | : | medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood (noun.artifact) |
| hypernym | : | polyose, polysaccharide, |
| definition | : | any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules (noun.substance) |
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