dicumarol

[ dahy-koo-muh-rawl, -rol, -kyoo- ]

Pharmacology.

1. a synthetic coumarin derivative, C 19 H 12 O 6 , used chiefly to prevent blood coagulation and in the treatment of arterial thrombosis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dicumarol¹

Respelling of di- ¹ + coumar(in) + -ol ²

Example Sentences

They also get Dicumarol or a similar anticoagulant which reduces the danger of extension of the thrombus and formation of circulation-blocking clots.

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A chemical that makes cattle bleed to death, Dicumarol, is now saving human lives.

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Dr. Link and co-workers went on to get Dicumarol in pure form and then to synthesize it.

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If a man takes Dicumarol capsules before or after an operation, dangerous blood clots may not form in his veins.

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He found the guilty chemical in spoiled sweet-clover hay, named it Dicumarol because it is formed from the harmless chemical, coumarin, which gives fresh clover its smell.

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