1. to treat or coat with heparin, an anticoagulant drug, to prevent blood clotting
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; transitive verb

Examples

• The medical team decided to heparinize the patient's blood sample to prevent clotting during the test.
• Doctors heparinize catheters before insertion to reduce the risk of thrombosis.
• The laboratory heparinizes tubes used for certain blood tests.
• Heparinized saline is commonly used to flush intravenous lines.
• The surgeon requested that the surgical field be heparinized to maintain blood flow.