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dicoumarin

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[dahy-koo-mer-in, kyoo-] / daɪˈku mər ɪn, ˈkyu- /

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. dicumarol.


Etymology

Origin of dicoumarin

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

Example Sentences

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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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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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Dr. Silbert predicted that dicoumarin will soon be used not only as a cure for thrombi, but as a routine preventive in all major operations and confinements.

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