Definitions
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- noun an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus
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Examples
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Warfarin (aka coumadin) is a blood thinner, a version of coumarin, all of which are anti-coagulents.
News Haley Bridger 2010
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The Anticoagulation Services clinic, commonly called the coumadin clinic, opened in 2002.
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The Anticoagulation Services clinic, commonly called the coumadin clinic, opened in 2002.
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The Anticoagulation Services clinic, commonly called the coumadin clinic, opened in 2002.
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The Anticoagulation Services clinic, commonly called the coumadin clinic, opened in 2002.
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To cope with this risk, most patients with atrial fibrillation need to take an anticoagulant such as coumadin their entire lives.
Medgadget 2009
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Waiter: Will that be with or without detect levels of estrogen, Prozac, coumadin, nano silver, [etc., etc.] .... and would you like that with or without Hanford process?
Wednesday showdown brewing over Portland water (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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In these tests, advertised as drug response profiles, the companies check for some DNA segments that encode enzymes involved in metabolizing some drugs like tamoxifen, methotrexate, Plavix (clopidogrel), coumadin and others.
Dr. Elaine Schattner: An Educated Medical Consumer: On Personal DNA Testing 2010
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They may have drug or food allergies, suffer from disorders like autism, or take medications like the blood thinner coumadin that medical staff should know about in an emergency.
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In these tests, advertised as drug response profiles, the companies check for some DNA segments that encode enzymes involved in metabolizing some drugs like tamoxifen, methotrexate, Plavix (clopidogrel), coumadin and others.
Dr. Elaine Schattner: An Educated Medical Consumer: On Personal DNA Testing 2010
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