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warfarin definition

☆ war·fa·rin (wôr′fə rin)

noun

  1. a colorless, odorless, tasteless rat poison, CHO, a crystalline powder that causes fatal internal bleeding in rodents
  2. this drug neutralized with sodium hydroxide, used in medicine as an anticoagulant

Etymology: W(isconsin) A(lumni) R(esearch) F(oundation) + (coum)arin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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