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Digitalis  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A genus of plants of the family Schrophulariaceae, including the foxglove.
2.
(Med.) 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.





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"Digitalis" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a state of agitation. She had sent for Grace Stepney and was taking digitalis. Lily breasted the storm of enquiries as best she could, explaining that she had had an attack of faintness on her way back from Carry Fisher's; that, fearing she would not have strength to reach home, ...
— House of Mirth • Edith Wharton
... no other man. I'll give you a few drops of digitalis, although you must have the ...
— Sleeping Fires • Gertrude Atherton


Words linked to "Digitalis" :   Lanoxin, finger-flower, fingerflower, Digitalis purpurea, genus Digitalis, fairy bell, digitoxin, herb, yellow foxglove, straw foxglove, cardiac glycoside, herbaceous plant, digitalin, digitalize, Digitalis lutea, digitalis glycoside, arteria digitalis, fingerroot, digoxin, vena digitalis, common foxglove, foxglove, cardiac glucoside, finger-root


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