noun
Etymology
Origin of digitalin
First recorded in 1830–40; digital(is) + -in 2
Example Sentences
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The tincture contains a fair proportion of both digitalin and digitoxin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
Cardiac stimulants such as strychnin, digitalin, or strophanthin are contra-indicated in shock, as they merely exhaust the already impaired vaso-motor centre.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
"It must be ever remembered that digitalin is a cumulative poison, and that the same dose, harmless if taken once, yet frequently repeated becomes deadly; this peculiarity is shared by all poisons affecting the heart."
From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The minutest trace of digitalin moistened with sulphuric and treated with bromine vapour gives a rose colour, turning to mauve.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
Treatment consists in lowering the body temperature by application of cold cloths, stimulants, strychnine or digitalin hypodermically.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )
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