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digitalin
/ ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪn /
noun
- a poisonous amorphous crystalline mixture of glycosides extracted from digitalis leaves and formerly used in treating heart disease
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Word History and Origins
Origin of digitalin1
First recorded in 1830–40; digital(is) + -in 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of digitalin1
C19: from digital ( is ) + -in
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Example Sentences
It is better to use digitalin, one one-hundredth of a grain hypodermically, if possible.
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In 1881, during relapsing fever, I had severe cardiac intermittence, very fatiguing and only relieved by small doses of digitalin.
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The tincture contains a fair proportion of both digitalin and digitoxin.
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The effects on animals are identical with those of digitalin.
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With regard to commercial digitalin, as much as from 10 to 12 mgrms.
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