In particular, a billion is 10 9 = 1 000 000 000 in the American system and 10 12 = 1 000 000 000 000 in the European system. For 10 9, Europeans say thousand million or milliard.. Although we describe the two systems today as American or European, both systems are actually of French origin.
Definition of warfarin. : a crystalline anticoagulant coumarin derivative C19H16O4 that inhibits the production of prothrombin by vitamin K and is used as a rodent poison and in medicine; also : its sodium salt C19H15NaO4 used especially in the prevention or treatment of thromboembolic disease.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Warfarin is a type of medicine called a blood thinner. It makes your blood clot more slowly. This can help prevent dangerous problems, such as a stroke (a blood clot in the brain). Vitamin K helps your blood to clot (thicken to stop bleeding). Warfarin works by making it harder for your body to use vitamin K to clot blood. Changes in the amount of vitamin K that you normally eat can affect how warfarin works.