Warfarin Definition

wôrfər-ĭn
noun
A colorless, odorless, tasteless rat poison, C19H16O4, a crystalline powder that causes fatal internal bleeding in rodents.
Webster's New World
This drug neutralized with sodium hydroxide, used in medicine as an anticoagulant.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Warfarin

  • Based on the initialism WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation). Compare coumarin.

    From Wiktionary

  • W(isconsin) A(lumni) R(esearch) F(oundation) (coum)arin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Warfarin Sentence Examples

  • Average or large doses of warfarin in humans may cause hemorrhage.

  • Adjusted subcutaneous heparin versus warfarin sodium in the long-term treatment of venous thrombosis.

  • Predictable and dose-related side effects include weight gain with steroids, reduced white cell counts with high-dose cyclophosphamide and bleeding with too much warfarin.

  • Warfarin and other coumarin derivatives Co-administration of fluvastatin with warfarin may commonly cause significant increases in prothrombin time.

  • People with an irregular heartbeat may be given warfarin, which reduces the blood's tendency to clot.

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