blood thinner
nounEtymology
By analogy with the idea of thinning liquids such as soup or paint (e.g., paint thinner), although the name is a misnomer in that these medications do not reduce the blood's viscosity but rather inhibit its clotting.
Definitions
Synonym of anticoagulant.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for blood thinner. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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