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dicoumarol

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di⋅cou⋅ma⋅rol

[dahy-koo-muh-rawl, -rol, -kyoo-]
–noun Pharmacology.
dicumarol.

di⋅cu⋅ma⋅rol

[dahy-koo-muh-rawl, -rol, -kyoo-]
Pharmacology.
a synthetic coumarin derivative, C19H12O6, used chiefly to prevent blood coagulation and in the treatment of arterial thrombosis.


Origin:
resp. of di- 1 + coumar(in) + -ol
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Main Entry: dicoumarol
variant of DICUMAROL

Main Entry: di·cu·ma·rol
Variant: also di·cou·ma·rol /dI-'k(y)ü-m&-"rol, -"rOl/
Function: noun
: a crystalline compound C19H12O6 that acts similarly to warfarin and is used especially in preventing and treating thromboembolic disease
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dicumarol di·cu·ma·rol (dī-k&oomacr;'mə-rôl', -rōl', -ky&oomacr;'-)
n.
An anticoagulant that inhibits the formation of prothrombin in the liver. Also called bishydroxycoumarin.

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