any Eurasian scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Digitalis, such as the foxglove, having bell-shaped flowers and a basal rosette of leaves
2.
a.
a drug prepared from the dried leaves or seeds of the foxglove: a mixture of glycosides used medicinally to treat heart failure and some abnormal heart rhythms
b.
any cardiac glycoside, whatever its origin
Word origin
C17: from New Latin, from Latin: relating to a finger (referring to the corollas ofthe flower); based on German Fingerhut foxglove, literally: finger-hat or thimble
digitalis in American English
(ˌdɪdʒɪˈtælɪs; also, ˈdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Digitalis) of plants of the figwort family, with long spikes of thimblelike flowers; foxglove
2.
the dried leaves of a common digitalis plant (Digitalis purpurea) that usually has purple flowers
3.
a medicine made from these leaves, used as a heart stimulant
Word origin
ModL, foxglove < L digitalis, belonging to the finger < digitus, a finger, digit: so named (1542) by L. Fuchs (see fuchsia), from its thimblelike flowers, after the Ger name fingerhut, thimble
digitalis in the Pharmaceutical Industry
(dɪdʒɪtælɪs)
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
Digitalis is a drug obtained from the foxglove, used medicinally to treat heart failure and some abnormal heartrhythms.
This drug, used for heart failure, is a synthetic form of digitalis, obtained from the leaves of the foxglove.
Digitalis drugs, which are extracted from the foxglove, are used to treat heart conditions.
Digitalis is a drug obtained from the foxglove, used medicinally to treat heart failure andsome abnormal heart rhythms.