gitalin

[jit-uh-lin, ji-tey-, ji-tal-in]

noun Pharmacology.

a mixture of glycosides from Digitalis purpurea, used chiefly in the management of congestive heart failure.

Origin of gitalin

(di)gital(is) + -in¹

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gitalin in Medicine

gitalin

[jĭt′l-ĭn, jĭ-tā′lĭn, -tăl′ĭn]

n.

A crystalline glycoside obtained from digitalis.
An amorphous mixture of the glycosides obtained from digitalis.

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