anticoagulation

English

Etymology

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.

Translations

treatment to prevent coagulation of blood

• Interlingua: anticoagulation
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• Portuguese: anticoagulação f
• Spanish: anticoagulación f

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Interlingua

Noun

anticoagulation (uncountable)

1. anticoagulation