anticoagulants
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It also injects a bit of saliva, which contains anticoagulants to prevent the host’s blood from clotting as the mosquito feeds.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Consider anticoagulants, medications that prevent blood from clotting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Which is why slower-acting substances, mainly anticoagulants - drugs that stop blood forming into clots - are used.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
However, contrary to previous assumptions, the researchers discovered that chitosan also directly stimulates blood clotting by activating the TLR-2 clotting pathway, making it a viable mechanism for increasing blood clotting even in patients on anticoagulants.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2024
Luckily, physicians had already stocked the I.S.S. with a 40-day emergency supply of anticoagulants, among other medications, just in case.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
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