Zika, warfarin

Tense Pregnancies as Florida’s Zika Test Results Lag

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ

The state offers free tests to pregnant women, but a lack of resources has contributed to a backlog that has left hundreds waiting a long time for their results.

鉴于寨卡（Zika）病毒肆虐，许多专家在一封公开信中共同呼吁改变2016年奥运会的举办地。世界卫生组织回绝了这种呼吁，称目前病毒加剧扩散的风险还很小。

Zika virus

Pronunciation: /ˈziːkə vʌɪrəs/ 

(also Zika)

NOUN

A virus transmitted by mosquitoes which typically causes asymptomatic or mild infection (fever and rash) in humans, identified originally in Africa and later in other tropical regions, including South America, where it may be associated with an increased incidence of microcephaly in babies born to mothers infected during pregnancy.

The Zika virus is a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti, which also transmit dengue fever and other diseases

Origin

1950s: from the name of the Zika Forest in central Uganda, where experiments carried out on a rhesus monkey led to the first isolation of the virus, + virus.

warfarin 

Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːfərɪn/ 

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

A water-soluble compound with anticoagulant properties, used as a rat poison and in the treatment of thrombosis.

• A coumarin derivative; chemical formula: C₁₉H₁₆O₄.

Example sentences

Origin

1950s: from the initial letters of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + -arin on the pattern of coumarin.

warfarin 

音節 

war • fa • rin 発音 

wɔ'ːrfərin

[名詞] 
1 〔化学〕 ワルファリン C19H16O4：無色，非水溶性，抗凝血性の結晶；主に殺鼠さっそ剤として用いる. 
2 〔薬学〕 ワルファリン C19H16O4：1の製剤；抗凝血薬；血栓症の治療・予防に用いる. ［語源］ 

c1950.W(isconsin) A(lumni) R(esearch) F(oundation)特許権の所有者+(COUM)ARIN