anticoagulant (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *anticoagulant*:
NOUN	artifact	anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant	medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

English > *anticoagulant*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.
Synonyms	anticoagulant medication, decoagulant
Narrower	dicumarol, dicoumarol	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
	warfarin, Coumadin	An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
Broader	medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Spanish	anticoagulante, decoagulant, medicamento anticoagulante
Catalan	anticoagulant, decoagulant
Adjectives	anticoagulative	of or relating to an anticoagulant

HyperDic: anticoagulant