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▪ I. digitalization Med.|ˌdɪdʒɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən| [f. digitalis 2 + -ization.] The administration of digitalis or one of its active constituents to a patient or an animal so that the required physiological changes occur in the body; also, the state of the body resulting from this.
1882in Syd. Soc. Lex. 1919Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. LXXIII. 1823/1 Only after a considerable number of days will a patient on this dosage come to be much below the grade of digitalization at which he started. 1951[see digitalize v.1]. 1961Lancet 9 Sept. 573/2 Prompt return of nausea precluded further digitalisation. 1970Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Studies II. viii. 2/1 The patient is then said to be fully digitalized... Thereafter, digitalization is sustained by the maintenance dose. ▪ II. digitalization, n.2|ˌdɪdʒɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən| [f. digitalize v.2 + -ation.] The action or process of digitizing; conversion into digital form.
1965Simulation V. 329/2 The purpose for this digitalization is to replace analog shaping networks by digital programs. 1970O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing i. 13 Digitalization can be effected by means of an apparatus resembling a TV camera or a telephoto transmitter. 1980Euronet DIANE News Aug./Sept. 7/1 The cost of digitalization and teletransmission is falling. |