[ 'hɛpərɪn ]
■ noun Biochemistry a compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation, used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.
Derivatives
~ization or ~isation noun
~ize or ~ise verb
Origin
early 20th cent.: via late L. from Gk hēpar 'liver' + -in 1 .