anticoagulation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]anti- + coagulation
Noun
[edit]anticoagulation (uncountable)
- (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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[edit]Translations
[edit]treatment to prevent coagulation of blood
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Interlingua
[edit]Noun
[edit]anticoagulation (uncountable)