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digitoxin

/dij-i-tok-sin/US // ˌdɪdʒ ɪˈtɒk sɪn //UK // (ˌdɪdʒɪˈtɒksɪn) //

地高辛,地屈孕酮,地克星,地格罗辛

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pharmacology.

    • : a 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.

Examples

  • The manufacturers promise to hold in abeyance the claim regarding the presence of amorphous digitoxin.

  • The Council had not at that time determined whether Digalen contained soluble amorphous digitoxin, as claimed, or not.

  • No satisfactory proof has yet been offered that Digalen contains amorphous digitoxin.

  • The most powerful is digitoxin C34H54O11, an extremely poisonous and cumulative drug, insoluble in water.

  • The tincture contains a fair proportion of both digitalin and digitoxin.

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