Home › Words › A › anticoagulinanticoagulinanticoagulin means an anticoagulant material in the venom of a bloodsucking insect or a snake.EtymologyFrom anticoagul(ate) + -in.nounAn anticoagulant material in the venom of a bloodsucking insect or a snakeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anophelin 70% match — An anticoagulant protein, derived from mosquitos, that inhibits thrombin vs anticoagulin →anticoagulome 70% match — All the anticoagulants present in an organism vs anticoagulin →coagulotoxin 69% match — Any coagulotoxic material, typically in a snake venom vs anticoagulin →hemocoagulase 66% match — An enzyme, typically isolated from snake venom, that catalyzes the coagulation of the blood and therefore stops bleeding vs anticoagulin →anticoagulantly 65% match — In the capacity of an anticoagulant. vs anticoagulin →anticoagulant 64% match — A substance that prevents coagulation (stops blood from clotting); especially, any of a group of pharmaceutical drugs that reduce the clotting speed or affinity of the blood by any of several mechanisms (e.g., inhibiting platelet function, inhibiting clotting factor (protein) production or function, increasing antithrombin function). vs anticoagulin →anticoagulating 63% match — Preventing coagulation. vs anticoagulin →anophensin 62% match — An inhibitor of kallikrein / kinin present in the venom of Anopheles mosquitos vs anticoagulin →