digitoxin
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble cardiac glycoside, C41H64O13, or a mixture of cardiac glycosides of which this is the chief constituent, obtained from digitalis and used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
Origin of digitoxin
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How to use digitoxin in a sentence
The manufacturers promise to hold in abeyance the claim regarding the presence of amorphous digitoxin.
The Council had not at that time determined whether Digalen contained soluble amorphous digitoxin, as claimed, or not.
No satisfactory proof has yet been offered that Digalen contains amorphous digitoxin.
The most powerful is digitoxin C34H54O11, an extremely poisonous and cumulative drug, insoluble in water.
The tincture contains a fair proportion of both digitalin and digitoxin.
British Dictionary definitions for digitoxin
/ (ˌdɪdʒɪˈtɒksɪn) /
a white toxic bitter-tasting glycoside, extracted from the leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and used in the treatment of heart failure and some abnormal heart rhythms. Formula: C 41 H 64 O 13
Origin of digitoxin
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Scientific definitions for digitoxin
[ dĭj′ĭ-tŏk′sĭn ]
A highly active glycoside derived from digitalis and prescribed in the treatment of certain cardiac conditions. Chemical formula: C41H64O13.
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