Associations to the word «Digitoxin»

Wiktionary

DIGITOXIN, noun. (organic compound) A toxic cardiac glycoside, obtained from digitalis, related to cardenolide

Dictionary definition

DIGITOXIN, noun. Digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats