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dig·i·tal·is

(dĭj′ĭ-tăl′ĭs)

2. A drug prepared from the dried leaves of Digitalis purpurea, used as a cardiac stimulant.

[New Latin Digitālis, genus name of foxglove, from Latin digitālis, of a finger (from the finger-shaped corollas of foxglove), from digitus, finger; see digit.]

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digitalis

(ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs)

1. (Plants) any Eurasian scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Digitalis, such as the foxglove, having bell-shaped flowers and a basal rosette of leaves

2. (Pharmacology) a drug prepared from the dried leaves or seeds of the foxglove: a mixture of glycosides used medicinally to treat heart failure and some abnormal heart rhythms

3. (Pharmacology) any cardiac glycoside, whatever its origin

[C17: from New Latin, from Latin: relating to a finger (referring to the corollas of the flower); based on German Fingerhut foxglove, literally: finger-hat or thimble]

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dig•i•tal•is

(ˌdɪdʒ ɪˈtæl ɪs, -ˈteɪ lɪs)

n.

1. any plant of the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, esp. the foxglove, D. purpurea.

2. the dried leaves of the foxglove used as a heart stimulant.

[1655–65; < New Latin digitālis, a name appar. suggested by the German name for the foxglove, Fingerhut literally, thimble; see digital]

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Noun	1.	digitalis - a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove digitalin, digitalis glycoside digitoxin - digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia digoxin, Lanoxin - digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully cardiac glucoside, cardiac glycoside - obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure
	2.	digitalis - any of several plants of the genus Digitalis foxglove herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Digitalis - genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, fingerflower, finger-flower, fingerroot, finger-root - tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock Digitalis lutea, straw foxglove, yellow foxglove - European yellow-flowered foxglove

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digitale

digitalis

[ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs] N → digital f

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digitalis

n → Digitalis f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

digitalis

n. digitalis, agente cardiotónico que se obtiene de las hojas secas de la Digitalis purpurea;

___ intoxication → intoxicación por ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

digitalis

n (pharm) digital f

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The cardenolides have a more rapid and stronger action than digitalis (Foxglove, Digitalis lanatus) and have been found to be more applicable in treating heart conditions especially where there is an accompanying disease.

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3 weeks before her presentation to us, she was referred to a regional hospital, where she received Digoxine 0.25mg/day, without clinical and electrocardiographycal monitorization, so the patient developed digitalis toxicity .

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If you are creating an area for the children, there are many plants to avoid because they are either poisonous or irritate the skin including monkshood (aconitum), euphorbia, laburnum, daphne, digitalis, colchicum and taxus, although the list is pretty long, so it's probably wiser to teach children about the dangers of plants.

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The story began in 1919, when English-born pharmacist and chemist Frederick Alfred Upsher Smith started a company to refine digitalis. Operating from a laboratory in Minneapolis, the company's great innovation was to deliver digitalis in a standardized potency--with consistency in dosage and quality from one batch to the next--an advancement never before achieved in the 134 years since the drug's discovery.

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Foxglove digitalis purpurea, (Bysedd y Cwn in Welsh, which translates as Dog Fingers) is native to the British Isles and grows in the open on disturbed soils.