ANTICOAGULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anticoagulation mean? 

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

1. the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTICOAGULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("anticoagulation" is a kind of...):

medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes annexin A8 protein, is involved in anticoagulation.

(ANXA8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Fluoride inhibits various enzyme systems, erythrocyte glycolysis and binds Ca++, causing anticoagulation and other toxic effects.

(Fluoride Ion, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in anticoagulation processes and mediates lipid binding.

(ANXA5 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A specific anticoagulation activity of unfractionated or low molecular weight heparin on factor Xa, expressed as a number of international anti-Xa heparin units per one milliliter of plasma.

(Anti-Xa Activity International Unit per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the resistance in the anticoagulation response to activated protein C in a biological specimen.

(Activated Protein C Resistance Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of anti-factor Xa anticoagulation activity of unfractionated or low molecular weight heparin.

(Anti-Coagulation Factor Xa Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A unit of unfractionated or low molecular weight heparin anticoagulation potency determined as the amount that neutralizes one unit of coagulation factor Xa preparation defined as an international biological standard by WHO First International Low Molecular Weight Heparin Reference Standard.

(Anti-Xa Activity International Unit, NCI Thesaurus)