thrombophylactic

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English

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Etymology

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From thrombo- +‎ phylactic.

Adjective

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thrombophylactic (comparative more thrombophylactic, superlative most thrombophylactic)

  1. (medicine) protective against thrombosis
    • 2015 June 26, Michael Dan et al., “Blood loss in primary total knee arthroplasty—body temperature is not a significant risk factor—a prospective, consecutive, observational cohort study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      Our study results contrast previous reports showing no significant difference between low-molecular-weight heparin and rivaroxaban and may reflect the surgeon effect on thrombophylactic preference not accounted for by multivariable analysis [ 26 ].