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Digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia
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digitoxin
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
digitoxin \dig`i*tox"in\ (d[i^]j`[i^]*t[o^]k"s[i^]n), n. (Chem.) A steroid glycoside, one of the cardiotonic chemical substances which is extracted from the foxglove. It is a white, crystalline substance ( C41H64O13 ), and is a 3-substituted triglucoside ...
Wikipedia
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Digitoxin is a cardiac glycoside . It is similar in structure and effects to digoxin (though the effects are longer-lasting). Unlike digoxin (which is eliminated from the body via the kidneys), it is eliminated via the liver, so could be used in patients ...
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n. digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide
Usage examples of digitoxin.
It contains four glycosides, the most powerful of which is digitoxin, a stimulant that increases cardiac activity, causing the heart and arteries to contract and raising the blood pressure.
Next I have a squint at the kidneys: no digitoxin or digoxin, which was what this was looking like to me.
In the case of Digitalis purpurea with normal purple flowers, the content of purified digitoxin, ascertained by Keller's method, averaged 0.
These variations in colour of the flowers of cultivated digitalis plants induced the author to undertake a study of the activity of the several varieties, based on the digitoxin content of the stem leaves collected from flowering plants.