Definition: 'Dicumarol'
dicumarol
Type: TermPronunciation: dī-kū′mă-rol
Definitions:
1. An anticoagulant that acts in the liver to block synthesis of vitamin K and vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors; discovered as the causative agent in spoiled hay, which caused bleeding in cattle (sweet clover disease).
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