anticoagulants
Clot prevention drugs
Anticoagulants are substances that prevent or slow blood clotting.
In medicine, anticoagulant drugs like warfarin and heparin treat or prevent dangerous clots in veins and arteries: She's on anticoagulants after her heart surgery.
Some occur naturally—vampire bat saliva contains anticoagulants that keep blood flowing from wounds.
Clot-preventing medication
Clot forming in vessel
- embolismObstruction in blood vessel
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- hemophiliaGenetic clotting impairment
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
Intravascular coagulated mass
- fibrinClot-forming protein
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
- prothrombinThrombin's inactive precursor
India's currency code
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- reversalComplete change of direction
- therapeuticPromoting healing or wellness
compliance · bridging · perioperative · halflife · antidote
Preventive medical treatment
- postoperativeAfter an operation
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
warfarin
Clot-preventing medication
thrombosis
Clot forming in vessel
- embolismObstruction in blood vessel
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
- hemophiliaGenetic clotting impairment
thrombus
Intravascular coagulated mass
- fibrinClot-forming protein
- plateletsCell fragments enabling coagulation
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
prothrombin · thrombin · fibrinogen · plasmin
INR
India's currency code
therapeutic · compliance · bridging · perioperative · halflife · antidote
prophylaxis
Preventive medical treatment
- postoperativeAfter an operation
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- heart healthheart disease, heart-healthy diet, heart attack, cardiologist, heart failure
- medicationspills, Tylenol, capsules, tablets, Xanax
- Medicinespill, tablet, aspirin, tablets, penicillin
- Drug Treatmentsantibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, painkillers, analgesics
- blood bankingblood donation, blood bank, blood transfusion, blood donor, blood typing
- clot preventionblood thinners, clot prevention, stroke prevention, heparin, warfarin
anticoagulantscoagulants
Agents promoting solidification
clotting factors · styptics · thrombin · fibrinogen · prothrombin