Definitions for digitalis

digitalis dig·i·tal·is

Spelling: [dij-i-tal-is, -tey-lis]
IPA: /ˌdɪdʒ ɪˈtæl ɪs, -ˈteɪ lɪs/

Digitalis is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 247 anagrams from letters in digitalis (adgiiilst).

Definitions for digitalis

noun

  1. any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
  2. the dried leaves of the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, used in medicine as a heart stimulant.

Origin of digitalis

1655-65; New Latin digitālis, a name apparently suggested by the German name for the foxglove, Fingerhut literally, thimble; see digital

Examples for digitalis

He was directed to take the decoction of digitalis night and morning.

Is it ever cured by making the patient sick by tincture of digitalis?

The saline diuretics and digitalis are most in favor with some.

He laughed, and called, "digitalis put me on my feet like a flash."

The digitalis, in pills, never occasioned the least sickness.

He bled me, ordered me to keep my bed, and to continue the digitalis.

In digitalis purpurea a similar anomaly is sometimes met with.

Contraction of this kind is specially to be seen in poisoning by digitalis.

This difficulty of breathing is cured or relieved by the exhibition of digitalis.

Cardiac Stimulant, Diuretic; said to act more promptly than digitalis.

Word Value for digitalis
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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