digitalis
Meaning of digitalis
noun
a drug prepared from the dried leaves of foxgloves and containing substances (notably digoxin and digitoxin) that stimulate the heart muscle.
late 18th century: from the modern Latin genus name of the foxglove, from digitalis (herba) ‘(plant) relating to the finger’, from digitus ‘finger, toe’; suggested by German Fingerhut ‘thimble or foxglove’.
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Hyphenation of digitalis
dig-i-talis
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digitalis synonyms
Meaning digitalis glycoside:
Meaning foxglove:
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