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lanatoside
noun la·nat·o·side \lə-ˈnat-ə-ˌsīd\
Medical Definition of LANATOSIDE
: any of three poisonous crystalline cardiac steroid glycosides occurring in the leaves of a foxglove (Digitalis lanata): a : the glycoside C49H76O19 yielding digitoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysis—called also digilanid A, lanatoside A b : the glycoside C49H76O20 yielding gitoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysis—called also digilanid B, lanatoside B c : the bitter glycoside C49H76O20 yielding digoxin, glucose, and acetic acid on hydrolysis and used similarly to digitalis—called also digilanid C, lanatoside C
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