- dicoumarin
- noun Date: 1886 dicumarol
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
dicoumarin
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dicoumarin — /duy kooh meuhr in, kyooh /, n. Pharm. dicumarol. [1885 90; DI 1 + COUMARIN] * * * … Universalium
dicoumarin — di·cou·ma·rin ( )dī kü mə rən n DICUMAROL … Medical dictionary
dicoumarin — n. chemical substance used as an anticoagulant medication … English contemporary dictionary
dicoumarin — di·cou·ma·rin … English syllables
dicoumarin — noun see dicoumarol … Useful english dictionary
di|cou|ma|rol — «dy KOO muh rohl, rol», noun. = dicoumarin. (Cf. ↑dicoumarin) … Useful english dictionary
dicumarol — /duy kooh meuh rawl , rol , kyooh /, Pharm. a synthetic coumarin derivative, C19H12O6, used chiefly to prevent blood coagulation and in the treatment of arterial thrombosis. Also, dicoumarin, dicoumarol. [resp. of DI 1 + COUMAR(IN) + OL] * * * … Universalium
heterocyclic compound — Any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules contain one or more rings of atoms with at least one atom (the heteroatom) being an element other than carbon, most frequently oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur. As in regular cyclic hydrocarbons,… … Universalium
Warfarin — An anticoagulant drug (brand names: Coumarin, Panwarfin, Sofarin) taken to prevent the blood from clotting and to treat blood clots and overly thick blood. Warfarin is also used to reduce the risk of clots causing strokes or heart attacks.… … Medical dictionary
antiprothrombin — An anticoagulant that inhibits or prevents the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin; examples are heparin, which is present in various tissues (especially in liver), and dicoumarin, which is isolated from partially decomposed sweet clover. * * … Medical dictionary
