anticoagulant
A substance that prevents coagulationA substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mechanisms (e.g., inhibiting platelet function, inhibiting clotting factor (protein) production or function, increasing antithrombin function).
» Of course the wound hasn't healed. Remember that it was made by a leech, and those little creatures carry anticoagulants.
Meaning
1 sensesA substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mechanisms (e.g., inhibiting platelet function, inhibiting clotting factor (protein) production or function, increasing antithrombin function).
антикоагуля́нтantikoaguljánt
антикоагуля́нтantykoahuljánt
- medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Examples
1 sentencesOf course the wound hasn't healed. Remember that it was made by a leech, and those little creatures carry anticoagulants.
Translations
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Forms
plural: anticoagulants| Singular | anticoagulant |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood:anticoagulant medicationdecoagulant