An agent that is used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Anticoagulants have various uses. Some are used for the prevention or treatment of disorders characterized by abnormal blood clots and emboli. Anticoagulant drugs include intravenous heparin, which acts by inactivating thrombin and several other clotting factors that are required for a [..]

A substance that is used to prevent and treat blood clots in blood vessels and the heart. Also called blood thinner.

Substance which prevents blood clotting, e.g., warfarin.

Term used to refer to any drug that is used to slow down or stop the clotting of blood for medical purposes.

1. Drug that delays blood clotting (e.g., heparin, warfarin); used in patients with or at risk for blood clots 2. Substance used to prevent clotting in blood used for transfusions and certain laboratory tests

1905, adjective and noun, from anti- + coagulant.

A substance that prevents blood clotting, resulting in internal hemorrhaging; may be used as a rodenticide.

A drug used to reduce the risk of blood clots forming.

substance that prevents blood clotting (pop)

(n) medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood

Anticoagulants are substances that hinder blood from clotting by suppressing coagulation.  Among their many benefits, anticoagulants are used in preventing stroke and thrombosis (formation of a blood [..]

A substance that helps prevent blood from clotting.

A substance that prevents the clotting or thickening of Blood.

A drug that helps prevent blood clots from forming. Also called a blood thinner.

Anticoagulants are substances that work against (anti-) the process of blood clotting (coagulation).

a class of compounds that inhibit blood clotting.

An Antiphospholipid Antibody found in Association with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic;), Antiphospholipid Syndrome; and in a variety of other Diseases as well as in health [..]

A drug used to prevent the blood from clotting.

A substance that stops blood from clotting.

A drug that helps prevent blood clots from forming. Also called blood thinner.

A substance that prevents blood clotting.

Substance that prevents blood from clotting.

A medication that prevents coagulation of the blood.

<haematology, pharmacology> Any substance that prevents blood clotting. Those drugs administered for prophylaxis or treatment of thromboembolic disorders are heparin, which inactivates thrombin and several other clotting factors and which must be administered parenterally and the oral anticoagulants (warfarin, dicumarol and congeners) which i [..]

A chemical used to prevent blood clotting. Examples:  EDTA, heparin, sodium citrate, sodium oxalate.

a substance that prevents the clotting or thickening of blood. Antigen

A substance that prevents the clotting or thickening of blood.

a medication that keeps blood from clotting.

A drug that helps prevent blood clots from forming. Also called a blood thinner.

A substance that is used to prevent the clotting or thickening of blood.