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Anticoagulant vs Dicoumarol - What's the difference?

anticoagulant | dicoumarol |

As nouns the difference between anticoagulant and dicoumarol

is that anticoagulant is (medicine) a substance that prevents coagulation; that is, it stops blood from clotting while dicoumarol is an anticoagulant that functions as a vitamin k antagonist, also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases.

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.

    • dicoumarol

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dicumarol (USAN)

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia dicoumarol)
  • An anticoagulant that functions as a vitamin K antagonist, also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases.