anticoagulant

== English == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ coagulant. === Noun === anticoagulant (plural anticoagulants) (medicine) 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). Synonym: blood thinner (informal) Antonyms: coagulant; styptic Hyponyms: (against platelet function) aspirin, clopidogrel; (against clotting factors) VKA, warfarin, dicoumarol, acenocoumarol, DOAC, NOAC, apixaban, dabigatran, rivaroxaban, edoxaban, betrixaban; (helping antithrombin) heparin, dalteparin, enoxaparin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== anticoagulant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Adjective === anticoagulant (comparative more anticoagulant, superlative most anticoagulant) That prevents coagulation, that stops blood from clotting. Antonyms: coagulant; styptic ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From anti- +‎ coagulant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ti.kɔ.a.ɡy.lɑ̃/ === Adjective === anticoagulant (feminine anticoagulante, masculine plural anticoagulants, feminine plural anticoagulantes) (medicine) anticoagulant, anticoagulating (that prevents coagulation, that stops blood from clotting) === Noun === anticoagulant m (plural anticoagulants) (medicine) anticoagulant (substance that prevents coagulation, that stops blood from clotting) === Further reading === “anticoagulant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French anticoagulant. === Noun === anticoagulant m (plural anticoagulante) anticoagulant ==== Declension ====