antiplatelet
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editantiplatelet (not comparable)
- (immunology) Working against or destroying blood platelets.
Translations
editdestroying blood platelets
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Noun
editantiplatelet (plural antiplatelets)
- A drug that destroys blood platelets.
- 2015 July 31, Ying Xian et al., “Real world effectiveness of warfarin among ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: observational analysis from Patient-Centered Research into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) study”, in BMJ : British Medical Journal[1], volume 351, :
- Discharge drugs included antihypertensives, statins, and antiplatelets (aspirin, aspirin/dipyridamole, clopidogrel, aspirin/clopidogrel dual antiplatelet therapy, and other antiplatelet agents).
Translations
edita drug destroying blood platelets
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References
edit- "antiplatelet" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004), accessed 1 November 2009
- “antiplatelet”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.