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a hemorrhagic disease of animals, especially cattle, caused by ingestion of spoiled Melilotus (sweet clover), which contains the anticoagulant dicumarol.Medical dictionary. 2011.
sweet clover disease — noun : a hemorrhagic diathesis of sheep and cattle feeding on improperly cured sweet clover containing excess quantities of dicoumarol … Useful english dictionary
sweet clover — any member of the genus Melilotus; see also sweet clover disease, under disease … Medical dictionary
clover disease — noun also clover sickness 1. : an acute photosensitization of white or light skinned animals feeding on certain clovers and other leguminous plants characterized by swelling and inflammation especially of the skin of the face and the mucous… … Useful english dictionary
plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… … Universalium
White clover — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Warfarin — This article is about the drug with the brandname Coumadin. For the anticoagulant rodenticide poisons often called coumarins or coumadins , see 4 hydroxycoumarins. Warfarin … Wikipedia
Coumarin — Not to be confused with coumadin or dicoumarol. This article is about the sweet smelling plant substance called coumarin. For the anticoagulant rodenticide poisons often called coumarins or coumadins , see 4 hydroxycoumarins. Coumarin … Wikipedia
Karl Paul Link — Karl Paul Gerhard Link (31 January 1901 21 November 1978) was an American biochemist best known for his discovery of the anticoagulant warfarin.Training and early careerHe was born in LaPorte, Indiana to a Lutheran minister of German descent as… … Wikipedia
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dicumarol — An anticoagulant that inhibits the formation of prothrombin in the liver. Acts as an antagonist of vitamin K; discovered as the causative agent in spoiled hay, which produced bleeding in cattle (sweet clover disease). SYN: bishydroxycoumarin. * * … Medical dictionary
