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warfarin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun warfarin has 1 sense
- warfarin(n = noun.artifact) coumadin - an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus; Array is a kind of anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication, decoagulant
OXFORD DICTIONARY
warfarin, n. a water-soluble anticoagulant used esp. as a rat poison.
Etymology
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + -arin, after COUMARIN
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