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nounmedicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
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Definition that contains anticoagulant
- heparin 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
- anticoagulation the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood
- coumadin an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
- warfarin an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
- anticoagulative of or relating to an anticoagulant
- protamine a simple protein found in fish sperm; rich in arginine; simpler in composition than globulin or albumin; counteracts the anticoagulant effect of heparin
- 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
- dicoumarol an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin
- whole blood blood that has not been modified except for the addition of an anticoagulant
- dicumarol an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin