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anticoagulation

noun

Etymology

From anti- + coagulation.

  1. derived from coagulatio
  2. borrowed from coagulation
  3. prefixed as anticoagulation — “anti + coagulation”

Definitions

  1. Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood.

    • The patient was given anticoagulation treatment.
    • It was unlikely […], but if he had torn his aorta, anticoagulation could cause the patient to bleed to death.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anticoagulation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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