English

Adjective

anticoagulation ‎(not comparable)

1. (medicine) Acting to combat or prevent coagulation of blood

   The patient was given anticoagulation treatment.

Noun

anticoagulation ‎(uncountable)

1. (medicine) Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood
   • 2008 February 24, Lisa Sanders, M.D., “Patient Is a Virtue”, in New York Times:

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

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