anticoagulant
(ant″i-kō-ag′yŭ-lănt)
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[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, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant.
Anticoagulant. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant. Accessed November 6, 2024.
Anticoagulant. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant
Anticoagulant [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732382/all/anticoagulant.
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