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anticoagulants

anticoagulants is the plural of anticoagulant.

Meaning of anticoagulant

Noun

anticoagulant (plural anticoagulants)

  1. A substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mechanisms (e.g., inhibiting platelet function, inhibiting clotting factor (protein) production or function, increasing antithrombin function).
    • If you are taking an anticoagulant (blood-thinning medication ) and have been given a new prescription for Equagesic, be sure that your doctor is aware that there is Aspirin in Equagesic.1990, Harold M. Silverman, Gilbert I. Simon, “Equagesic”, in Lawrence D. Chilnick, editor, The Pill Book […] , 4th edition, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 315
    Synonyms:
    blood thinner
    Antonyms:
    coagulant, styptic

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Questions about anticoagulants

What is anticoagulants the plural of?
Anticoagulants is the plural of anticoagulant.

Words near anticoagulants in the dictionary

  1. anticly
  2. anticness
  3. Antico
  4. anticoagulant
  5. anticoagulantly
  6. anticoagulants
  7. anticoagulate
  8. anticoagulated
  9. anticoagulating
  10. anticoagulation
  11. anticoagulative

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