[noun] [C], [adjective] [not gradable] - (a drug) which prevents or slows down the process of blood forming a clot (= a partly solid lump)Mosquitoes secrete an anticoagulant to keep blood from clotting as they suck it from their victims.
ANTICOAGULANT
Meaning of ANTICOAGULANT in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012