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Anticoagulant vs Thrombolytic - What's the difference?

anticoagulant | thrombolytic |

As adjectives the difference between anticoagulant and thrombolytic

is that anticoagulant is acting as an anticoagulant while thrombolytic is of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis.

As a noun anticoagulant

is a substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting.

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.

    • thrombolytic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or causing thrombolysis