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dicumarol
[ dahy-koo-muh-rawl, -rol, -kyoo- ]
Pharmacology.
- a synthetic coumarin derivative, C 19 H 12 O 6 , used chiefly to prevent blood coagulation and in the treatment of arterial thrombosis.
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Origin of dicumarol1
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Example Sentences
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They also get Dicumarol or a similar anticoagulant which reduces the danger of extension of the thrombus and formation of circulation-blocking clots.
A chemical that makes cattle bleed to death, Dicumarol, is now saving human lives.
Dr. Link and co-workers went on to get Dicumarol in pure form and then to synthesize it.
If a man takes Dicumarol capsules before or after an operation, dangerous blood clots may not form in his veins.
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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