1. A synthetic anticoagulant drug used to prevent blood clots and treat thrombosis; an oral anticoagulant that inhibits vitamin K-dependent clotting factors.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical; also spelled dicoumarol; largely replaced by warfarin in modern clinical practice

Examples

• Dicumarol was one of the first oral anticoagulants developed for clinical use.
• The patient was prescribed dicumarol to reduce the risk of stroke after heart surgery.
• Dicumarol works by interfering with the synthesis of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors.
• Before warfarin became standard, dicumarol was commonly used in anticoagulation therapy.
• The discovery of dicumarol came from studying cattle that had eaten spoiled clover.