anticoagulant
Keeps blood flowing
An anticoagulant is a substance that prevents or slows blood clotting.
Medications like warfarin and heparin are anticoagulants prescribed to reduce the risk of strokes and blood clots: She's been on anticoagulants since her heart surgery.
Some snake venoms contain natural anticoagulants.
Informally called blood thinners, though they don't actually thin the blood.
Clot-preventing medication
Clot forming in vessel
- embolismObstruction in blood vessel
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- atrial fibrillationDisorganized cardiac rhythm disorder
- deep vein thrombosisClot in leg vessel
pulmonary embolism · blood clot · thrombus · hemorrhage · bleeding · hemophilia · heart attack
Blood solidifying process
- thrombinSerine protease enabling coagulation
- factor XaSerine protease in coagulation
- fibrinClot-forming protein
- prothrombinThrombin's inactive precursor
Body's oxygen carrier
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- veinVessel toward heart
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- circulationMovement through a system
vascular · plasma · coronary artery · atrium · cardiac · venous · arterial · endothelium
Preventive medical treatment
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- antiplateletClumping-cell inhibitor
India's currency code
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- blood testDiagnostic fluid analysis
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- drug interactionsSubstances altering each other's effects
warfarin
Clot-preventing medication
thrombosis
Clot forming in vessel
- embolismObstruction in blood vessel
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- atrial fibrillationDisorganized cardiac rhythm disorder
deep vein thrombosis · pulmonary embolism · blood clot · thrombus · hemorrhage · bleeding · hemophilia · heart attack
clotting
Blood solidifying process
- thrombinSerine protease enabling coagulation
- factor XaSerine protease in coagulation
- fibrinClot-forming protein
prothrombin · clotting factors · hemostasis · coumarin · blood thinning
blood
Body's oxygen carrier
circulation · vascular · plasma · coronary artery · atrium · cardiac · venous · arterial · endothelium · vessel
prophylaxis
Preventive medical treatment
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
antiplatelet · antidote · vitamin K · contraindication · indication
INR
India's currency code
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- blood testDiagnostic fluid analysis
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- Drug Traitsaddictive, potent, toxic, sedative, narcotic
- bioactivitiescytotoxicity, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiparasitic, neuroprotection
- blood bankingblood donation, blood bank, blood transfusion, blood donor, blood typing
- Blood Drugsheparin, warfarin, LMWH, blood thinners, factor Xa
- rodenticideswarfarin, mouse bait, strychnine
- Venomssnake venom, spider venom, scorpion venom, neurotoxins, hemotoxin
anticoagulantcoagulant
Agent inducing clotting
hemostatic · thrombin · fibrinogen · clotting factor · styptic
anticoagulation, anticoagulants, anticoagulate, anticoagulating