Coumadin
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
Word Origin
- Coumadin (n.)
- by 1953, name for human anti-coagulant use of the rat poison warfarin sodium, abstracted from the chemical name, 3-(α-acetonylbenzyl)-4-hydroxycoumarin; earlier known as Dicoumarol, it attained publicity when it was used in 1955 to treat U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower after a heart attack. The coumarin element (1830) is from French coumarine, from coumarou, the native name in Guyana of the tonquin bean, one source of the substance.
Example
- 1. Some of the extracts have been known to cause prolonged bleeding and interact with blood thinning drugs such as coumadin .
- 2. Mesenteric ischemia ; colon ischemia ; ischemic bowel disease ; duplex sonography ; exploratory laparotomy ; surgical embolectomy ; arterial reconstruction ; heparin ; coumadin .
- 3. However , if you take ginkgo with ibuprofen or any blood thinners ( such as coumadin or aspirin ) , this can enhance the anticoagulant properties of these medications .