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heparin vs anticoagulant

anticoagulant vs heparin

heparin and anticoagulant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heparin Yes No No No
anticoagulant Yes No No No
As nouns, anticoagulant is a hypernym of heparin; that is, anticoagulant is a word with a broader meaning than heparin:
  • heparin: 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
  • anticoagulant: medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Other hypernyms of heparin include anticoagulant medication, decoagulant, polyose, polysaccharide.
heparin (noun) anticoagulant (noun)
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 medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
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