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dicoumarol

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dicumarol

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Main Entry: di·cu·ma·rol

Variant(s): also di·cou·ma·rol \dī-ˈk(y)ü-mə-ˌrȯl, -ˌrōl\

Function: noun

Etymology: di- + coumarin + ¹-ol

Date: 1942

: a crystalline compound C₁₉H₁₂O₆ originally obtained from spoiled sweet clover hay and used to delay clotting of blood especially in preventing and treating thromboembolic disease

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