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n. - Medicinal preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia.

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Usage examples (7)
  • So it was too slow for digitoxin, and too quick for digoxin.
  • The leaves of the oriental foxglove plant contain digitoxin, a drug used to treat heart disease.
  • Both digoxin, which does not occur in nature and digitoxin can be synthesized, but digoxin's half-life allows once-daily dosing.
  • The synthetic version of digitoxin has little digestive side effects, while the side effects go directly to the heart, thereby creating much more danger than the herb.
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