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digitoxin

digitoxin noun: a toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.

Noun

digitoxin (countable and uncountable, plural digitoxins)

  1. A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.

Forms of digitoxin

pluraldigitoxins

Origin of digitoxin

Blend of digitalis + toxin.

Words formed from digitoxin

Questions about digitoxin

What does digitoxin mean?
Digitoxin means a toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide.
What part of speech is digitoxin?
Digitoxin is a noun.
What is the plural of digitoxin?
The plural of digitoxin is digitoxins.

Words near digitoxin in the dictionary

  1. digitorium
  2. digitoriums
  3. digitoxicity
  4. digitoxigenin
  5. digitoxigenins
  6. digitoxin
  7. digitoxins
  8. digitoxose
  9. digitoxoses
  10. digitoxoside
  11. digitoxosides

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