cardiac glucoside

cardiac glucoside
noun
obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure
Syn: ↑cardiac glycoside
Hypernyms: ↑steroid
Hyponyms: ↑digitalis, ↑digitalis glycoside, ↑digitalin

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