ANTICOAGULANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anticoagulant mean? 

• ANTICOAGULANT (noun)
  The noun ANTICOAGULANT has 1 sense:

1. medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

  Familiarity information: ANTICOAGULANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTICOAGULANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

anticoagulant; anticoagulant medication; decoagulant

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 

A 20 amino acid long synthetic peptide with thrombin-specific anticoagulant properties.

(Bivalirudin, NCI Thesaurus)

Anticoagulants, such as heparin or warfarin (also called Coumadin), work on chemical reactions in your body to lengthen the time it takes to form a blood clot.

(Blood Thinners, NIH)

A solution of citric acid, sodium citrate, monobasic sodium phosphate, and dextrose in water used as an anticoagulant in the collection and preservation of whole blood.

(Citrate Phosphate Dextrose, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally active inhibitor of coagulation factor Xa (activated factor X) with anticoagulant activity.

(Betrixaban, NCI Thesaurus)

This anticoagulant binds to antithrombin III, thereby enhancing the inactivation of activated factor X (Factor Xa) and, to a lesser extent, activated factor II (Factor IIa).

(Bemiparin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent exhibits analgesic, antipyretic, and anticoagulant properties.

(Aspirin, NCI Thesaurus)

Has anticoagulant activity by competing with Vitamin K.

(Coumarin, NCI Thesaurus)

A heterocyclic compound with anticoagulant activity.

(Coumarin Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also exhibits anticoagulant and fibrinolytic properties.

(Pentosan polysulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally available, long-acting derivative of coumarin with anticoagulant activity.

(Phenprocoumon, NCI Thesaurus)