digitalin

[dij-i-tal-in, -tey-lin]

noun Pharmacology.

a glucoside obtained from digitalis.

any of several extracts of mixtures of glucosides obtained from digitalis.

Origin of digitalin

First recorded in 1830–40; digital(is) + -in²

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Historical Examples of digitalin

The effects on animals are identical with those of digitalin.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
(1⁄16 grain), and digitalin, or digitalein, in doses of 20 mgrms.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
After distillation the digitalin remains as a grumous crystalline mass, now only contaminated with the coloured oil.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
Digitalin occurs under the form of very white light crystals, consisting of short slender needles, grouped around the same axis.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
Digitalin, C35H56O14, is crystalline and is also insoluble in water.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4
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British Dictionary definitions for digitalin

digitalin

noun

a poisonous amorphous crystalline mixture of glycosides extracted from digitalis leaves and formerly used in treating heart disease

Word Origin for digitalin

C19: from digital (is) + -in

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digitalin in Medicine

digitalin

[dĭj′ĭ-tăl′ĭn, -tā′lĭn]

n.

A mixture of glycosides obtained from the leaves and seeds of the common foxglove and used as a cardiotonic.