cardiac glucoside

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cardiac glucoside - obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure cardiac glycoside steroid - any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects digitalin, digitalis, digitalis glycoside - a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove

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