WARFARIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does warfarin mean? 

• WARFARIN (noun)
  The noun WARFARIN has 1 sense:

1. an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus

  Familiarity information: WARFARIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WARFARIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Coumadin; warfarin

Hypernyms ("warfarin" is a kind of...):

anticoagulant; anticoagulant medication; decoagulant (medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood)

 Context examples 

A drug that is used with another drug, warfarin, to treat blood clots that form deep in the veins and to prevent new blood clots from forming.

(Innohep, NCI Dictionary)

A teratogenic disorder observed in a newborn or child of a mother who was exposed to warfarin during pregnancy.

(Fetal Warfarin Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Dong quai may increase the effect of the drug warfarin (a blood-thinner).

(Dong quai, NCI Dictionary)

This alteration in the cytochrome P450 2C9*5 protein sequence increases the Km of this enzyme for (S)-warfarin, diclofenac, and lauric acid, thereby decreasing clearance of these drugs.

(CYP2C9*5 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Anticoagulants, such as heparin or warfarin (also called Coumadin), work on chemical reactions in your body to lengthen the time it takes to form a blood clot.

(Blood Thinners, NIH)