Definition
A powerful heart medicine extracted from digitalis (foxglove) plants that regulates heartbeat and is used to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms.
Etymology
From 'digitalis' (the plant) + '-in' (chemical suffix). First isolated in the 19th century and named for its source; remains one of the oldest cardiac drugs still in use today.
Kelly Says
Digitoxin saved millions of hearts in the 20th century—but it's a knife-edge drug because the dose that heals you and the dose that kills you are dangerously close, so doctors must monitor patients carefully!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ዲጂትኦክሲን
dih-hee-tohk-sin
ARالعربية
ديجيتوكسين
dih-gee-tohk-sin
BNবাংলা
ডিজিটক্সিন
dih-hee-tohk-sin
CACatalà
digitoxina
dih-hee-tohk-see-nah
CSČeština
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
DADansk
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
DEDeutsch
Digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
ELΕλληνικά
δισιτοξίνη
dih-hee-tohk-seen
ESEspañol
digitoxina
dih-hee-tohk-see-nah
FAفارسی
دیجیتوکسین
dih-hee-tohk-sin
FISuomi
digitoksiini
dih-hee-tohk-see-nee
FRFrançais
digitoxine
dih-jee-tohk-seen
GUGU
डिजिटોક્સિન
dih-hee-tohk-sin
HAHA
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
HEעברית
דיגיטוקסינ
dih-gee-tohk-sin
HIहिन्दी
डिजिटॉक्सिन
dih-hee-tohk-sin
HUMagyar
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
IDBahasa Indonesia
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
IGIG
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
ITItaliano
digitoxina
dih-hee-tohk-see-nah
JA日本語
ジタトキシン
ji-ta-to-ki-shin
KKKK
дигитоксин
dih-hee-tohk-sin
KMKM
ឌីជីតូកស៊ីន
dih-hee-tohk-sin
MRMR
डिजिटॉक्सिन
dih-hee-tohk-sin
MSBahasa Melayu
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
MYမြန်မာ
ဒီဂိတောက်ဆင်း
dih-hee-tohk-sin
NLNederlands
digitoxine
dih-hee-tohk-seen
NONorsk
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
PAPA
ਡਿਜੀਟੋਕਸਿਨ
dih-hee-tohk-sin
PLPolski
digitoxyna
dih-hee-tohk-see-nah
PTPortuguês
digitoxina
dih-hee-tohk-see-nah
RORomână
digitoxină
dih-hee-tohk-see-nah
RUРусский
дигитоксин
dih-hee-tohk-sin
SVSvenska
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
SWKiswahili
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
TAதமிழ்
டிஜிட்டொக்சின்
dih-hee-tohk-sin
TEతెలుగు
డిజిటాక్సిన్
dih-hee-tohk-sin
THไทย
ดิจิทอกซิน
di-jit-tohk-sin
TLTL
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
TRTürkçe
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
UKУкраїнська
дигітоксин
dih-hee-tohk-sin
URاردو
ڈیجیٹوکسین
dih-hee-tohk-sin
VITiếng Việt
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
YOYO
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin
ZUZU
digitoxin
dih-hee-tohk-sin