How to Use anticoagulant in a Sentence

anticoagulant

noun
  • An anticoagulant can help prevent blood clots from forming that might lead to a stroke.
    — Joe and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 24 July 2023
  • Red blood-cells are then mixed with an anticoagulant and transfused back into the donor.
    — The Economist, 10 May 2018
  • She was started, too, on an anticoagulant that thins the blood to help prevent clots.
    — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Caregivers have to scrub the hub at the end of the line for 15 seconds, then flush it with a syringe full of saline or anticoagulant.
    — Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Draculin is an anticoagulant from vampire bat venom and is used to treat stroke and heart attack.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • The boy was treated with anticoagulants and made a full recovery.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In addition, the doctors may have given him aspirin, which at that time was used for pain, but was not then known to be an anticoagulant.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2024
  • The predators discharge an anticoagulant to keep the blood flowing.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 7 July 2022
  • Some early studies have shown that treating patients with anticoagulants can help.
    — Maggie Fox, CNN, 27 May 2020
  • Kim says all patients with the disease admitted to his hospital are given a very low dose of an anticoagulant.
    — Monique Brouillette, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2020
  • There are four new blood thinners, called direct oral anticoagulants, that have been studied over the past 10 years and are available for use worldwide.
    — Sandy Bauers, Philly.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Kaput comes in pellets that are infused with warfarin, an anticoagulant used to minimize the chances of blood clots in humans that can cause heart attacks or strokes.
    — The Times-Picayune Editorial Board, NOLA.com, 1 June 2017
  • These measures, especially the use of anticoagulants, have to be balanced against bleeding risk.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These measures, especially the use of anticoagulants, have to be balanced against bleeding risk.
    — Paul Sisson, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Hirudin, the anticoagulant in leech saliva, is unrivalled in its strength, according to Kvist.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Cummings said the first-generation anticoagulants required more poison to kill rats and other pests.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The fourth new anticoagulant, Savaysa, was approved in January, so such data is not yet available.
    — John Fauber and Coulter Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The saliva of these blood-consuming predators contains an anticoagulant, dubbed draculin by the researchers who found it, that can dissolve blood clots.
    — Anthony King, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2012
  • The cornerstone of treatment is anticoagulants, or blood thinners, which reduce the risk of new clots and help the body gradually break down the existing clot.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • That's because these pests inject an anesthetic and an anticoagulant to prevent people from knowing they're being nibbled on.
    — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
  • This class of chemicals activates the cannabinoid receptors in the brain while acting as anticoagulants or blood thinners.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018
  • He is currently being treated with anticoagulants that cost $540 a month.
    — Selene Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • Its anticoagulant – Eliquis – continues to gain market share and bolster the company’s overall top-line growth.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • However, if the colonoscopy is being performed to remove a large polyp, for example, then there is a significant risk of bleeding if the anticoagulant isn’t stopped.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2021
  • After the study, anticoagulants were prescribed for 72 patients who were found to have undiagnosed A-fib.
    — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 26 Sep. 2017
  • People who have a bleeding disorder, are taking any medicines such as an anticoagulant, or are pregnant, should talk to their acupuncturist before starting a session.
    — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Most were second-generation anticoagulants, and analyses of liver tissue found 91% of the hawks carried two or more.
    — Bydina Fine Maron, science.org, 10 July 2024
  • Now new oral anticoagulants are available that are just as effective as warfarin at preventing a stroke in people with atrial fibrillation and normal heart valves.
    — Howard Lewine, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The rat poison — which contained an anticoagulant — would have made sure the people hit wouldn’t have stopped bleeding easily; the feces was likely there to cause an infection in every wound.
    — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 20 July 2019
  • The recent rise in BMS revenue has been led by market share gains for some of its drugs, including its anticoagulant – Eliquis.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023

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