Definizione monolingua

digitalis

digitalis (plural digitales)

1. A genus of herbaceous shrubs of the Scrophulariaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
2. A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.
   • 2001: The ancient remedy digitalis, extracted from the foxglove plant, for example, acts by blocking sodium channels in heart muscle, preventing potentially dangerous overactivity. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 25)

digit?lis m. and f., digit?le n.; third declension

1. Of or belonging to the finger

Definizione dizionario digitalis

digitale

digitalis

Altri significati:

taxonomic terms (plants)

A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

A genus of herbaceous shrubs of the Scrophulariaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.