English > anticoagulant medication: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood. |
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| Synonyms | anticoagulant, decoagulant |
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| Narrower | dicumarol, dicoumarol | An anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | anticoagulante, decoagulant, medicamento anticoagulante |
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| Catalan | anticoagulant, decoagulant |
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