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antiplatelet

adjective

C2CEFR level
82/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Relating to a drug that stops blood platelets from clumping together to form clots, such as aspirin or clopidogrel.

He was discharged on dual antiplatelet therapy for twelve months after his stent.

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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