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    anticoagulant

    anticoagulant is a topic covered in the Taber's Medical Dictionary.

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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 April 26, 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 April 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant.
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