heparinlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of heparin.

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Meanings

adjectiveheparinlike (comparative more heparinlike, superlative most heparinlike)

comparative more heparinlike · superlative most heparinlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of heparin.

    The F.D.A. is still investigating whether those deaths and hundreds of allergic reactions were caused by a heparinlike contaminant made in China that was added to the drug somewhere during the manufacturing process.

    2008 April 10, Walt Bogdanich, “Heparin Is Now Suspected in 62 Fatalities Across U.S.”, in New York Times

Origin

From heparin + -like.

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APA

heparinlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heparinlike

MLA

“heparinlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heparinlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heparinlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heparinlike.

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