digitalin

[ dij-i-tal-in, -tey-lin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

digitalin

/ ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪn /

a poisonous amorphous crystalline mixture of glycosides extracted from digitalis leaves and formerly used in treating heart disease

First recorded in 1830–40; digital(is) + -in ²

C19: from digital ( is ) + -in

It is better to use digitalin, one one-hundredth of a grain hypodermically, if possible.

In 1881, during relapsing fever, I had severe cardiac intermittence, very fatiguing and only relieved by small doses of digitalin.

The tincture contains a fair proportion of both digitalin and digitoxin.

The effects on animals are identical with those of digitalin.

With regard to commercial digitalin, as much as from 10 to 12 mgrms.

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