Term: cardiac glycoside: obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: authoritarian state: a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: reflex angle: an angle greater than 180 degrees (but less than 360)
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: running: the act of administering or being in charge of something
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: baron: a very wealthy or powerful businessman
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: switch: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: plumber's snake: a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: moth mullein: European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: turtledove: any of several Old World wild doves
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: alehouse: a tavern where ale is sold
Broader: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects | Unrelated: cohesiveness: the property of being cohesive and sticky