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Anticoagulant vs Hirudin - What's the difference?

anticoagulant | hirudin |

In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between anticoagulant and hirudin

is that anticoagulant is (medicine) a substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting while hirudin is (medicine) a peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.

As nouns the difference between anticoagulant and hirudin

is that anticoagulant is (medicine) a substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting while hirudin is (medicine) a peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.

As an adjective anticoagulant

is acting as an anticoagulant.

anticoagulant

English

(wikipedia anticoagulant)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (medicine) A substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting.

    • Antonyms

    * coagulant

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Acting as an anticoagulant.

    • hirudin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hirudin) (-)
  • (medicine) A peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant

    • Related terms

    *hirudinal English words suffixed with -in