anticoagulation

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ coagulation

Noun

anticoagulation (uncountable)

(medicine) Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood.
The patient was given anticoagulation treatment.
- 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.

Translations

treatment to prevent coagulation of blood

Portuguese: anticoagulação f

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