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A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove
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digitalis
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, Modern Latin translation of German fingerhut , the German name of "foxglove," literally "thimble." Named by Fuchs (1542), and so called for its shape. The medicine (originally extracted from the plant) is so called from 1799.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any plant of the genus ''Digitalis'' (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, ''Digitalis purpurea''). 2 A medical extract of ''Digitalis purpurea'' prescribed for heart failure etc.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Digitalis \Dig`i*ta"lis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to Linn[ae]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Schrophulariaceae , including the foxglove. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove ( Digitalis ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn: digitalis glycoside , digitalin ] any of several plants of the genus Digitalis [syn: foxglove ]
Usage examples of digitalis.
They comprise prussic acid, dilute solution of oxalic acid and oxalates, aconite, digitalis, strophanthus, convallaria, and tobacco.
Contains processed oleander leaves, saltpeter, oil of peppermint, N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol, zinc oxide, charcoal, cobalt chloride, caffeine, extract of digitalis, steroids in trace amounts, sodium citrate, ascorbic acid, artificial coloring and flavoring.
I have studied up on poisons from Pomerania digitalis to Sauvresy aconite.
Contains processed oleander leaves, saltpeter, oil of peppermint, N-Acetyl-p-aminophenol, zinc oxide, charcoal, cobalt chloride, caffeine, extract of digitalis, steroids in trace amounts, sodium citrate, ascorbic acid, artificial coloring and flavoring.
The steroids in digitalis are something like the bile acids in structure except that the carboxyl group on the side-chain combines with another portion of the chain to form a fifth ring that is not part of the four-ring steroid nucleus.
In cases of congestive heart failure, the digitalis medication is given in two stages.
They had intravenous fluids, whole blood, crystalloid solutions: both saline and normal serum albumin, morphine sulphate, lidocaine, digitalis preparations.
There was a shelf of medicine: digitalis, nitroglycerin, ampoules of amyl nitrite, Contact, Scope.
There was a shelf of medicine: digitalis, nitroglycerin, ampules of amyl nitrite, Contact, Scope.
The cobalt chloride would do it, very slowly and agonizingly, unless the digitalis managed it first.
In the case of Digitalis purpurea with normal purple flowers, the content of purified digitoxin, ascertained by Keller's method, averaged 0.
These variations in colour of the flowers of cultivated digitalis plants induced the author to undertake a study of the activity of the several varieties, based on the digitoxin content of the stem leaves collected from flowering plants.
She was taking a form of digitalis whose generic name is digitoxinthe most poisonous of the digitalis group.
Digitalis is an excellent antidote in Aconite poisoning, given as a hypodermic injection.
It differs from digitalis in that it diminishes cardiac tone, and has been used for threatened apoplexy and 'irritable heart'.