anticoagulant medication

Definitions of anticoagulant medication

1. noun

   medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
   synonyms: anticoagulant, decoagulant

   types:

   dicoumarol, dicumarol

   an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin

   Lipo-Hepin, Liquaemin, heparin

   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

   type of:

   medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

   (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease