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warfarin Pharm.|ˈwɔːfərɪn| Also Warfarin. [f. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + -arin, after coumarin: see -in1.] A water-soluble crystalline anticoagulant used as a selective rodenticide, and as a prophylactic against embolism in the treatment of thrombosis; 3-(3-oxo-1-phenylbutyl)-4-hydroxycoumarin, C19H16O4; (also warfarin sodium) the sodium salt of this.
1950Chem. Abstr. XLIV. 7019 Warfarin, a coined name for the anticoagulant rodenticidal chemical 3-(α-acetonylbenzyl)-4-hydroxycoumarin. S. A. Rohwer... U.S. Dept. Agr. Interdepartmental Comm. on Pest Control, June 29, 1950, 2 pp. (mimeographed). 1968Times 16 Dec. 7/4 Rats which are immune to warfarin, the most widely used rat poison in the world, are spreading. 1973Country Life 1 Mar. 510/1 The grey squirrel cannot be tolerated... Shortly it will be permissible to use Warfarin in hoppers. 1976Lancet 25 Dec. 1414/2 Anticoagulant therapy with warfarin sodium was started. |