Definition of "digitalin" [dig•i•ta•lin]

• A white crystalline glycoside, C36H56O14, that is obtained from the seeds of the common foxglove. (noun)
• One of several mixtures of digitalis glycosides that are extracted from the leaves or seeds of the common foxglove. (noun)

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• "Foxgloves contain digitalin, one of whose effects is to make the heart muscle pump harder - potentially useful in cases of congestive heart failure, but fatal in overdose."
• "The latter were filled with a small amount of digitalin, which was not enough to cause any problems, and a massive amount of atropine."
• "I gave him an intramuscular injection of digitalin and another of morphine hydrochloride, which he accepted with apparent pleasure as part of the game."