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anticlotting

anticlotting adjective: acting to reduce or prevent the formation of blood clots.

Adjective

anticlotting (not comparable)

  1. Acting to reduce or prevent the formation of blood clots
    • A year ago, Baxter International and APP Pharmaceuticals split the domestic market for heparin, an anticlotting drug needed for surgery and dialysis .2009 January 20, Gardiner Harris, “Drug Making’s Move Abroad Stirs Concerns”, in New York Times

Origin of anticlotting

From anti- + clotting.

Questions about anticlotting

What does anticlotting mean?
Anticlotting means acting to reduce or prevent the formation of blood clots.
What part of speech is anticlotting?
Anticlotting is an adjective.

Words near anticlotting in the dictionary

  1. anticloning
  2. anticlonogenic
  3. anticlonotypic
  4. anticlostridial
  5. anticlot
  6. anticlotting
  7. anticlumping
  8. anticlutter
  9. anticly
  10. anticness
  11. Antico

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