DICOUMAROL

dicumarol, dicoumarol

(noun) an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

dicoumarol (countable and uncountable, plural dicoumarols)

An anticoagulant that functions as a vitamin K antagonist, also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.

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