(obsolete, chemistry) liver of sulphur; a substance of a liver-brown colour, sometimes used in medicine, formed by fusing sulphur with carbonates of the alkalis (especially potassium).

plural of hepar

heparinization

(chemistry, obsolete) A substance of a liver-brown colour obtained by fusing together antimony sulphide with alkaline sulphides, and consisting of sulphantimonites of the alkalis; liver of antimony.

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide found, associated with protein, in all animal tissue; it has a regulatory function in several biological activities

(biochemistry) A biologically active polysaccharide that exists only as the sulfate

simple past tense and past participle of heparinize

Treated with heparin

(medicine, transitive) To treat with heparin, especially so as to prevent coagulation.