- gitalin
- \\jə̇ˈtalə̇n, ˈjid.ələ̇n; sometimes jə̇ˈtāl- or -ˈtäl- or -ˈtȧl-\ noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gital- (from New Latin digitalis) + -in1. : a crystalline water-soluble glycoside C35H56O12 obtained from digitalis2. : an amorphous water-soluble mixture of glycosides of digitalis used similarly to digitalis
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/jit"euh lin, ji tay"-, ji tal"in/, n. Pharm.a mixture of glycosides from Digitalis purpurea, used chiefly in the management of congestive heart failure.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.