Anticoagulation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Treatment to prevent coagulation of blood. uncountable

    "The patient was given anticoagulation treatment."

  2. 2
    the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood wordnet

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"The patient was given anticoagulation treatment."

Etymology

From anti- + coagulation.

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