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Antiplatelet vs Anticoagulant - What's the difference?

antiplatelet | anticoagulant |

As adjectives the difference between antiplatelet and anticoagulant

is that antiplatelet is going against or destroying blood platelets while anticoagulant is acting as an anticoagulant.

As a noun anticoagulant is

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

antiplatelet

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Going against or destroying blood platelets.

    • References

    * "antiplatelet" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), accessed 1 November 2009 *

    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.