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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) digitoxin
a glycoside extract of digitalis used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.

Etymology: (1880–85; digi (talis ) +toxin)

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1. (noun) digitoxin
digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. digitoxin
A cardiac glycoside sometimes used in place of DIGOXIN. It has a longer half-life than digoxin; toxic effects, which are similar to those of digoxin, are longer lasting. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p665)

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