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dig•i•tox•in
(dij′i tok′sin),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]
- Drugsa 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.
- digi(talis) + toxin 1880–85
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