Associations to the word «Anticoagulant»

Wiktionary

ANTICOAGULANT, noun. (medicine) A substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting.
ANTICOAGULANT, adjective. Acting as an anticoagulant.

Dictionary definition

ANTICOAGULANT, noun. Medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats