WARFARIN


Meaning of WARFARIN in English

/ ˈwɔːfərɪn; NAmE ˈwɔːrf-/ noun

[ U ] a substance that is used as a poison to kill rats and also for people as a medicine to make the blood thinner, for example in the treatment of thrombosis

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WORD ORIGIN

1950s: from the initial letters of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + -arin on the pattern of coumarin .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.