different between glycoside vs digitalin

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From glyco- (“a sugar”) +? -ide (similar to glucoside), 1925–1930.

glycoside (plural glycosides)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.

digitalis +? -in

digitalin (countable and uncountable, plural digitalins)

Any of a mixture of glycosides, extracted from the foxglove plant, that are used as cardiotonics.

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