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ANTICOAGULANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
Synonyms:
anticoagulant; anticoagulant medication; decoagulant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("anticoagulant" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anticoagulant"):
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)
Context examples:
Significant deficiency in factors II, V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII or anticoagulants will prolong PTT.
(Partial Thromboplastin Time, NCI Thesaurus)
EDTA, a metal chelator, exerts its anticoagulant activity by binding to calcium, thereby impeding the activity of calcium-dependent coagulation proteins.
(minocycline-EDTA, NCI Thesaurus)
Dalteparin is a type of anticoagulant.
(Dalteparin, NCI Dictionary)
A 4-hydroxycoumarin derivative with anticoagulant activity.
(Acenocoumarol, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a type of anticoagulant.
(Arixtra, NCI Dictionary)
The coumarin derivatives in this agent may vasodilate and relax smooth muscle and may exhibit additive anticoagulant effects.
(Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also used as an acidulant to control pH and acts as an anticoagulant by chelating calcium in blood.
(Anhydrous Citric Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A proteolytic enzyme and defibrinogenating agent derived from the venom of the Malayan pit viper, with profibrinolytic and anticoagulant activities.
(Ancrod, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the amount of the inhibition of blood coagulation in response to anticoagulant therapies.
(Activated Coagulation Time, NCI Thesaurus)
A solution of citric acid, sodium citrate, and dextrose used as an anticoagulant in the collection and preservation of whole blood.
(Acid-Citrate-Dextrose, NCI Thesaurus)
