noun
- Plural of menadione; synthetic compounds related to vitamin K, used in medicine and research for their blood-clotting properties.
Usage: technical; medical/pharmaceutical
Examples
- Menadiones are synthetic derivatives used as vitamin K substitutes in certain medical treatments.
- The pharmaceutical company developed several menadiones for use in anticoagulant therapy.
- Researchers studied the effectiveness of different menadiones in promoting blood coagulation.
- Menadiones have been employed in veterinary medicine to treat bleeding disorders in animals.