Digitalis lutea Pink common foxglove with bumblebee Digitalis blossoms and immature flowers Digitalis (/ ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs / [3] or / ˌdɪdʒɪˈtælɪs / [4]) is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and biennials, commonly called foxgloves. Digitalis is native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwestern Africa. The flowers are tubular in shape, produced on a.
digitalis, drug obtained from the dried leaves of the common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and used in medicine to strengthen contractions of the heart muscle. Belonging to a group of drugs called cardiac glycosides, digitalis is most commonly used to restore adequate circulation in patients with congestive heart failure, particularly as caused by atherosclerosis or hypertension. The drug is.
The meaning of DIGITALIS is foxglove.: the dried leaf of the common European foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) that contains physiologically active glycosides, that is a powerful cardiotonic acting to increase the force of myocardial contraction, to slow the conduction rate of nerve impulses through the atrioventricular node, and to promote diuresis, and that is used in standardized powdered form. DIGITALIS definition: 1. a drug obtained from the foxglove plant (= a flowering plant) that is used to treat heart..
A substance used to make drugs that are used to treat several heart conditions, including congestive heart failure. Digitalis is made from the dried leaves of Digitalis purpurea (common foxglove) plants. There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun digitalis.
See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. DIGITALIS definition: any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
See examples of digitalis used in a sentence. Definition of digitalis noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. any Eurasian scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Digitalis, such as the foxglove, having bell. digitalis (n.) species of tall herbs native to Europe and western Asia, 1660s, a Modern Latin translation of German fingerhut, the German name of the plant, a transferred use of the German word for "thimble," literally "finger-hat," the plant so called for the bell-shape of the flowers.
Compare the English name, foxglove.