Definition of anticoagulant Anticoagulant
an•ti•co•ag•u•lant
We found 6 definitions of anticoagulant from 4 different sources.
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What does anticoagulant mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: anticoagulants |
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| anticoagulant - medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood | ||
| anticoagulant medication, decoagulant | ||
| medicament, medicinal drug, medication, medicine the act of treating with medicines or remedies | ||
| dicoumarol, dicumarol an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin | ||
| heparin, lipo-hepin, liquaemin a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery | ||
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Wiktionary 
- anticoagulant (Noun)
A substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting. - anticoagulant (Adjective)
Acting as an anticoagulant.
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anticoagulant
A drug that delays the clotting of blood. -
anticoagulant
Delaying the clotting of blood.
Part of speech
🔤- anticoagulant, noun, singular of anticoagulants.
