dicoumarin

[ dahy-koo-mer-in, kyoo- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. dicumarol.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dicoumarin¹

First recorded in 1885–90; di- ¹ + coumarin

Example Sentences

But warfarin, believes Chemist Link, is the best anticoagulant now available: it can be used in smaller doses than dicoumarin; it can be given by mouth, by injection or rectally.

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The drug is derived from dicoumarin.

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Announced last week were the tenth-year winners' �Biochemist Karl Paul Link, 54, University of Wisconsin, discoverer of dicoumarin, an anti-clotting drug, for fundamental contributions to knowledge of bloodclotting.

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Dicoumarin is found in spoiled sweet clover, was originally tracked down as a poison which causes hemorrhages in cows, is now synthesized.

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Dicoumarin, just as effective as heparin, is far cheaper and may be given by mouth.

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