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anticoagulant Definition


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anticoagulant
noun
    1. medicine.
      A drug or other substance that prevents or slows the clotting of blood, used to prevent the formation of blood clots, or to break up existing clots, eg in the treatment of thrombosis.
adj
    1. Having or relating to this kind of effect.
Etymology: Early 20c.



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