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heparin lock flush solution — [USP] a sterile preparation of heparin sodium injection with sufficient sodium chloride to make it isotonic with blood, used to maintain patency of indwelling intravascular devices designed for intermittent injection or infusion therapy or blood… … Medical dictionary
Heparin — Systematic (IUPAC) name see Hep … Wikipedia
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heparin — ☆ heparin [hep′ə rin ] n. [Gr hēpar, the liver (see HEPATIC) + IN1] a substance found in the liver, that slows the clotting of blood: its sodium salt, taken from animals, is used in surgery and medicine … English World dictionary
Heparin — An anticoagulant (anti clotting) medication. Heparin is useful in preventing thromboembolic complications (clots that travel from their site of origin through the blood stream to clog up another vessel). Heparin is also used in the early… … Medical dictionary
sodium — A metallic element, atomic no. 11, atomic wt. 22.989768; an alkali metal oxidizing readily in air or water; its salts are found in natural biologic systems and are extensively used in medicine and industry. The s. ion is the most plentiful… … Medical dictionary
heparin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek hēpar liver Date: 1918 a mucopolysaccharide sulfuric acid ester that is found especially in the liver and lungs, that prolongs the clotting time of blood, and that is used medically… … New Collegiate Dictionary
anticoagulant heparin solution — [USP] a sterile solution of heparin sodium in sodium chloride injection, used as an anticoagulant in the preservation of whole blood … Medical dictionary
