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warfarin

war·fa·rin [ wáwrfərin ]


noun 
Definition:
 
colorless crystalline rat poison and anticoagulant: a colorless crystalline compound. Use: rodenticide, anticoagulant in medicine. C19H16O4

[Mid-20th century. < initial letters of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + coumarin]
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