ximelagatran
ximelagatran noun: an anticoagulant drug once proposed as a replacement for warfarin but withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity risks.
Noun
ximelagatran (uncountable)
- An anticoagulant drug once proposed as a replacement for warfarin but withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity risks.
Origin of ximelagatran
From [Term?] + -gatran (“thrombin inhibitor”).
Questions about ximelagatran
- What does ximelagatran mean?
- Ximelagatran means an anticoagulant drug once proposed as a replacement for warfarin but withdrawn due to hepatotoxicity risks.
- What part of speech is ximelagatran?
- Ximelagatran is a noun.
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