Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun liquaemin

1 sense of liquaemin

Sense 1
heparin, Lipo-Hepin, Liquaemin -- (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)
       => polysaccharide, polyose -- (any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules)
       => anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant -- (medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood)