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anticoagulant

noun

B2CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

A drug that reduces the blood's ability to clot, used to prevent or treat harmful blood clots.

Once we start the anticoagulant, you will need regular blood tests to check the dose.

Similar: blood thinner

Topic: Cardiology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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