hypercoagulative

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hyper- +‎ coagulative

Adjective[edit]

hypercoagulative (comparative more hypercoagulative, superlative most hypercoagulative)

  1. 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, →DOI:
      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.