decoagulant

Noun
  1. Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood (synset 102721170)
    is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • coumadin, warfarin - an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
    same as: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication

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