- anticoagulant medication
- nounmedicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood• Syn: ↑anticoagulant, ↑decoagulant• Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug• Hyponyms:
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