Hirudinea (leeches)
Anticoagulant ~ see related link below .
The medical term is an anticoagulant.
1) Rat poison 2) A medical blood thinner (anticoagulant).
Heparin (from ancient greek Hepar,liver)is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant, and has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule. It can also be used to form an inner anticoagulant surface on various experimental and medical devices such as test tubesand renal dialysis machines.
Leeches,from class Hirudinea,are of medical importancebecause of the antibiotics in it's salivathe leech saliva also contain an anticoagulant that help dissolve blood clots especially in surgery
Not to be taken with anti-asthmatic, anticoagulant or antihypertensive medications without supervision of a medical practitioner. May intensify the effects of other medications. And more . . .
Medical terms associated with clotting include thrombus, coagulation, and anticoagulant. The word "cascade" indicates the chain of chemical events involved with clotting.
Plasma is the fluid portion of unclotted blood. After blood clots, the fluid that remains is referred to as serum.
it is done to check bleeding disorder.
The color of menstrual flow has almost no medical significance.
Mark Biernacki has written: 'The medical significance of Campylobacter jejuni'
to help the ones working in the medical field