hypercoagulative
English
editEtymology
editFrom hyper- + coagulative.
Adjective
edithypercoagulative (comparative more hypercoagulative, superlative most hypercoagulative)
- Involving excessive coagulation.
- 2015 July 29, Carville G. Bevans et al., “Phylogeny of the Vitamin K 2,3-Epoxide Reductase (VKOR) Family and Evolutionary Relationship to the Disulfide Bond Formation Protein B (DsbB) Family”, in Nutrients[1], volume 7, :
- In the case of pathological hypercoagulative conditions such as thrombosis and embolism, 4-hydroxycoumarin based oral anticoagulants, including warfarin as a well-known example, are administered to block the enzymatic function of VKORC1, effectively diminishing turnover of the vitamin K cycle.