anticlotting

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adjective

Acting to reduce or prevent the formation of blood clots

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Meanings

adjectiveanticlotting (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineActing to reduce or prevent the formation of blood clots

    A year ago, Baxter International and APP Pharmaceuticals split the domestic market for heparin, an anticlotting drug needed for surgery and dialysis .

    2009 January 20, Gardiner Harris, “Drug Making’s Move Abroad Stirs Concerns”, in New York Times

Origin

From anti- + clotting.

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Translations

Portuguese anticoagulante
  • anticoagulanteacting to reduce or prevent the formation of blood clots
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APA

anticlotting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticlotting

MLA

“anticlotting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticlotting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticlotting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticlotting.

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