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heparan

heparan noun: a biologically active polysaccharide that exists only as the sulfate.

Noun

heparan (countable and uncountable, plural heparans)

  1. A biologically active polysaccharide that exists only as the sulfate

Forms of heparan

pluralheparans

Origin of heparan

Perhaps from Latin hepar (“liver”) + -an.

Words formed from heparan

Questions about heparan

What does heparan mean?
Heparan means a biologically active polysaccharide that exists only as the sulfate.
What part of speech is heparan?
Heparan is a noun.
What is the plural of heparan?
The plural of heparan is heparans.

Words near heparan in the dictionary

  1. hepadnavirus
  2. hepadnaviruses
  3. hepaprotective
  4. hepar
  5. hepar antimonii
  6. heparan
  7. heparan sulfate
  8. heparanase
  9. heparanases
  10. heparanization
  11. heparans

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