Anticoagulant (Noun)
Meaning
Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed an anticoagulant to prevent blood clots from forming in the patient's legs during the long flight.
- Warfarin is a commonly used anticoagulant that works by inhibiting the production of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors.
- The patient was given an anticoagulant injection to thin her blood before undergoing surgery to remove the blood clot.
- Aspirin can act as a mild anticoagulant by preventing platelets from clumping together and forming clots.
- The new anticoagulant medication has been shown to be more effective than traditional treatments in preventing stroke and heart attack in patients with atrial fibrillation.