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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

digitoxin poisoningdigitoxine

Antonyms

All antonyms

inactive compoundplacebotherapeutic use

Etymology

Blend of digitalis + toxin.