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    DECOAGULANT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of bloodplay

    Synonyms:

    anticoagulant; anticoagulant medication; decoagulant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("decoagulant" 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 "decoagulant"):

    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)

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