anticoagulation

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ coagulation.

Noun

anticoagulation (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood.
    The patient was given anticoagulation treatment.
    • 2008 February 24, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “Patient Is a Virtue”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      It was unlikely […] , but if he had torn his aorta, anticoagulation could cause the patient to bleed to death.

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Noun

anticoagulation (uncountable)

  1. anticoagulation
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