verb
- to treat or impregnate with heparin, an anticoagulant drug used to prevent blood clotting
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English uses 'heparinize'; medical/pharmaceutical term
Examples
- The medical team decided to heparinise the patient's blood sample to prevent clotting during the procedure.
- Heparinised saline is commonly used in hospital settings to maintain intravenous line patency.
- The laboratory technician heparinised the collection tubes before drawing blood for the coagulation study.
- Doctors may heparinise a patient at risk of thrombosis to reduce clot formation.