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Word: Digitonin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century. From German Digitonin from digit- (in Digitalis) + -onin (in Saponin)
Definition:
A polycyclic saponin obtained from the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, used especially as a clinical reagent for the determination of cholesterol levels in the blood.
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