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Any of the compounds that inhibit platelet function and coagulation. SERPINs have been used to reduce deposition of microemboli in cases of disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with sepsis.  

Arrangement of objects in succession or in order.  

A test of mental status. The patient is asked to subtract 7 from 100 and to take 7 from that value and continue serially.  

In numerical order, in continuity, or in sequence, as in a series.  

A proteoglycan found within many cells, especially in the granule-containing vesicles of blood forming cells and endothelial cells.  

The gift of finding, by chance and insight, valuable or agreeable things not sought for. In medical research, an unexpected reaction or result may produce new insights into some area totally unrelated to that which prompted the investigation.  

Operation for removal of a sequestrum, a fragment of necrosed bone. The surgical procedure involving the cutting and removal of diseased bone.  

Any treatment regimen in which the patient is given one treatment followed by another (e.g., two distinct but mutually reinforcing combinations of drugs).  

One of seven children born from the same gestation. One of seven offspring born during a single pregnancy.  

In the embryonic heart, a septum between the right and left chambers.