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Anticoagulant vs Ximelagatran - What's the difference?

anticoagulant | ximelagatran |

As nouns the difference between anticoagulant and ximelagatran

is that anticoagulant is (medicine) a substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting while ximelagatran is an anticoagulant drug once proposed as a replacement for warfarin but withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity risks.

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.

    • ximelagatran

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia ximelagatran)
  • An anticoagulant drug once proposed as a replacement for warfarin but withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity risks.

    • Related terms

    * melagatran