Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).

    Fingerhut

    наперстя́нкаnaperstjánka

    any of several plants of the genus Digitalis

  2. (countable, uncountable)A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Do you take digitalis?

    deNehmen Sie Digitalis? — driini

Translations

6 languages
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Origin

Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German co

Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)). Doublet of digital.

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Forms

plural: digitalises
Singulardigitalis
Pluraldigitalises

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove:digitalis glycosidedigitalin
  • any of several plants of the genus Digitalis:foxglove

Word family

4 related words

See also

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