Meanings
nounfondaparinux (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineAn anticoagulant medication chemically related to low-molecular-weight heparins.
Moreover, we provide here additional positive experience in the treatment of both, CVT and HIT, by fondaparinux with bridging to warfarin given their successful evolution under this anticoagulant option.
2013 July 9, J Hsieh et al., “Cerebral venous thrombosis due to cryptogenic organising pneumopathy with antiphospholipid syndrome worsened by heparin-induced thrombocytopenia”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI
Origin
From fonda- (of unknown origin) + -parinux (“synthetic heparinoid”).
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