hypercoagulative
hypercoagulative adjective: involving excessive coagulation.
Adjective
hypercoagulative (comparative more hypercoagulative, superlative most hypercoagulative)
- Involving excessive coagulation.
- In the case of pathological hypercoagulative conditions such as thrombosis and embolism, 4-hydroxycoumarin based oral anticoagulants, including warfarin as a well-known example, are administered to block the enzymatic function of VKORC1, effectively diminishing turnover of the vitamin K cycle.2015 July 29, Carville G. Bevans et al., “Phylogeny of the Vitamin K 2,3-Epoxide Reductase (VKOR) Family and Evolutionary Relationship to the Disulfide Bond Formation Protein B (DsbB) Family”, in...
Forms of hypercoagulative
| comparative | more hypercoagulative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hypercoagulative |
Origin of hypercoagulative
From hyper- + coagulative.
Questions about hypercoagulative
- What does hypercoagulative mean?
- Hypercoagulative means involving excessive coagulation.
- What part of speech is hypercoagulative?
- Hypercoagulative is an adjective.
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