Drugs that dissolve preformed clots are not called anticoagulants but instead are referred to as:

A. vasodilators
B. vasoconstrictors
C. coagulants
D. thrombolytic agents


d
Rationale: Drugs that dissolve preformed clots (thrombolytic agents or tissue plasminogen activators) are not referred to as anticoagulants. They include streptokinase and urokinase.

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