Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cardiac_glycoside

1 sense of cardiac glycoside

Sense 1
cardiac glycoside, cardiac glucoside -- (obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure)
       => steroid -- (any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects)