digoxin

English

Etymology

1930s, contracted from digitoxin.

Noun

digoxin (countable and uncountable, plural digoxins)

  1. A purified cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, Digitalis lanata, widely used in the treatment of heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation.

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