Taber's Medical Dictionary
anticoagulant
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(ant″i-kō-ag′yŭ-lănt)
[anti- + coagulant]
1. Delaying or preventing blood coagulation.
2. An agent that prevents or delays blood coagulation. Common anticoagulants include heparin, sodium citrate, and warfarin sodium.
ANTICOAGULATION Bruising and bleeding, common side effects of anticoagulation.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Anticoagulant." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant.
Anticoagulant. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant. Accessed October 18, 2019.
Anticoagulant. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant
Anticoagulant [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 October 18]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant.
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