warfarin

(wor′fă-rĭn )

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[Abbrev. of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation]
C₁₉H₁₆O₄, a synthetic coumarin anticoagulant, originally developed as a rodenticide. It is popularly but inaccurately called a blood thinner.
SEE: superwarfarin

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