cardiac glucoside
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Noun | 1. | cardiac glucoside - obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure steroid - any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects |
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