Meanings
plural dicumarols
- alternativeAlternative form of dicoumarol.
A derivative called dicumarol is used as an anticoagulant (blood thinner).
2001 December 7, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader1 more example
Furthermore, the thermophilic formation of magnetic iron oxides was prevented by the ferric reductase inhibitor p-chloromercuriphenyl sulfonate (pCMPS), the hydrogenase inhibitor quinacrine dihydrochloride, the protonophore carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), and the electron transport inhibitors 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (HOQNO) and dicumarol.
1997 August 22, Shi V. Liu et al., “Thermophilic Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria from the Deep Subsurface: The Evolutionary Implications”, in Science, volume 277, number 5329, →DOI, pages 1106–1109
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin
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