Digitalis

Word DIGITALIS
Character 9
Hyphenation dig i ta lis
Pronunciations /dɪdʒɪˈtɑːlɪs/

Definitions and meanings of "Digitalis"

What do we mean by digitalis?

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

A genus of plants, natural order Scrophulariaceœ, containing about 20 species of tall herbs, natives of Europe and western Asia. noun

A genus of plants of the family Schrophulariaceae, including the foxglove. noun

The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), formerly used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc. Its use has been largely replaced by that of the pure active ingredient, digitalin. See digitalin. noun

A genus of herbaceous plants of the Scrophulariaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. noun

A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc. noun

Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis noun

A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove noun

Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).

A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

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The word "digitalis" in example sentences

Substances known to inhibit sodium/potassium transport are certain digitalis alkaloids, e.g. oubain, and Skou showed that oubain interferes in the enzyme's activation by sodium. ❋ Unknown (1997)

The word digitalis refers likewise to the digits, or fingers of a gauntlet. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

An all natural extract of the foxglove plant similar to an all natural extract of the stevia plant is digitalis, which is lethal if consumed in all but the most minute amounts. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Then we come to the other, the digitalis, which is equally as beautiful. ❋ Various (N/A)

At the time the court concluded that the nurse had poisoned the babies with a drug used to treat heart conditions, digoxin, also known as digitalis, an extract from the foxglove plant. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many of their herb remedies, such as digitalis (from foxglove) and atropine (from belladonna) are still in use today. ❋ Robbins, Tom (1976)

Heart tonics and stimulants such as digitalis, strychnine and alcohol should be administered when the pulse beats weaken. ❋ R. A. Craig (N/A)

It may be due to depression of the central nervous system, as in dumminess, or be the result of the administration of drugs, such as digitalis or strophantus. ❋ Charles B. Michener (1877)

By 1785 Withering’s infusion now called digitalis was in general use. ❋ James Burke (2007)

January of the present year, that yellow bottles might be so used, as well as for preventing the decomposition, by light, of the vegetable substances used in pharmacy, such as digitalis, ipecacuanha, cinchona, &c. ❋ Various (1852)

Some saponins, such as digitalis, are also used as heart medications.

More than 50 percent of the drugs made in pharmaceutical companies are actually made with plant derivatives, such as digitalis (made from foxgloves) and taxol (from the Pacific Yew). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Heated mercury, say, or elements of the medical pharmacopoeia, such as digitalis, foxglove, and aconite? " ❋ Unknown (2002)

Myself, I'd likely have more appetite if it wasn't for the digitalis, but my heart leaks and races as if the accelerator were stuck under an impractical shoe to wear to work. ❋ Tara M. M. Larkin (2011)

The digitalis effects both my sleep and my appetite. ❋ Tara M. M. Larkin (2011)

Misty knew the line by heart:   “Digitalis poisoning simulates all the symptoms of a heart attack and unless a coroner is specifically looking for it, digitalis is nearly untraceable.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

A treatment that was effective against any one of these underlying causes would work in patients in whom the symptom was due to that cause but have no useful effect in the others - e.g. bronchodilators work fine in asthma but not in lung cancer, digitalis might help congestive heart failure but won't do anything for cancer. ❋ Carla (2010)

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