heparinlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

heparin +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

heparinlike (comparative more heparinlike, superlative most heparinlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of heparin.
    • 2008 April 10, Walt Bogdanich, “Heparin Is Now Suspected in 62 Fatalities Across U.S.”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.