Anticoagulant

Of medicine.   May also be referred to as anticoagulant medication and decoagulant.

Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.

This concept's ID is @1~14374

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  • heparin 0 facts

    A polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits...

  • warfarin 0 facts

    An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus.

  • dicumarol 0 facts

    An anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin.