Definition of Hypercoagulable

1. Adjective. (context: of blood) Having an increased tendency to clot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypercoagulable

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hypercoagulable

1. Characterised by abnormally increased coagulation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypercoagulable

hyperchromia
hyperchromic
hyperchromic anaemia
hyperchromic anemia
hyperchromic effect
hyperchromicity
hyperchylia
hyperchylomicronaemia
hypercinesia
hypercinesis
hypercinnabar
hypercivilized
hyperclean
hypercoagulabilities
hypercoagulability
hypercoagulable (current term)
hypercoaster
hypercoasters
hypercolumn
hypercolumns
hypercommercialism
hypercommodified
hypercompact
hypercompetent
hypercompetitive
hypercompetitiveness
hypercomplex
hypercomplex number
hypercomplex numbers
hypercomputation

Literary usage of Hypercoagulable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"The increased fibrinogen level in unstable CAD might reflect a hypercoagulable state that contributes toward a progression of coronary lesions. (Auth. ..."

2. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... diagnostic techniques for detecting hypercoagulable states and for detecting, localizing and assessing the extent of clinical thrombosis; and clinical ..."

3. Medical Marijuana Referenda Movement in America: Hearing Before the edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"... and prothrombin, and the hypercoagulable state. New England Journal of Medicine. 254:358-363, 1956. ..."

4. Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress: A Report by DIANE Publishing Company, C. Everett Koop, M.D. (1995)
"... coronary artery spasm, a hypercoagulable state, increased platelet adhesiveness and aggregation, and a decreased ventricular fibrillation threshold (US ..."

5. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"Maternal hypercoagulable states predispose to decid- ual thromboses and placental infarction, and can chronically impair the well-being of the fetoplacental ..."

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