What is another word for anticoagulative?
Pronunciation: [ˌantɪkə͡ʊˈaɡjʊlətˌɪv] (IPA) 
Anticoagulative is a medical term used to refer to medications that prevent the formation of blood clots. This term has synonyms that refer to the same concept such as antithrombotic, anticoagulant, thrombolytic, and clot-dissolving agents. Antithrombotic is a term that is used to describe medications that prevent the formation of blood clots by inhibiting platelet aggregation, whereas anticoagulant refers to medications that prevent blood clotting through the inhibition of coagulation factors. Thrombolytic is a term that describes the process of breaking down blood clots in the body and clot-dissolving agents refer to medications that break apart clots to prevent their formation. These terms are interchangeable and serve to describe the same concept of preventing blood clot formation.
