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Heparin vs Heparinlike - What's the difference?

heparin | heparinlike |

As a noun heparin

is (medicine|carbohydrate) a glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant.

As an adjective heparinlike is

resembling or characteristic of heparin.

heparin

English

(wikipedia heparin)

Noun

  • (medicine, carbohydrate) A glycosaminoglycan, originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use, used as an anticoagulant

    • Derived terms

    * heparinize * heparinized

    heparinlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of heparin.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 10, author=Walt Bogdanich, title=Heparin Is Now Suspected in 62 Fatalities Across U.S., work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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. }}