| NOUN | substance | digitalis, digitalis glycoside, digitalin | a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove |
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| plant | digitalis, foxglove | any of several plants of the genus Digitalis |
| Sounds | dih.jhahtae'lahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove. | |
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| Synonyms | digitalis glycoside, digitalin | |
| Narrower | digitoxin | digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia |
| digoxin, Lanoxin | digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia | |
| Broader | cardiac glycoside, cardiac glucoside | Obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure |
| Spanish | digitalina | |
| Catalan | digitalina | |
| Verbs | digitalize | administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects |
| Meaning | Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis. | |
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| Synonym | foxglove | |
| Member of | genus Digitalis | genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers |
| Narrower | common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, finger-flower, fingerroot, finger-root, Digitalis purpurea | tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers |
| yellow foxglove, straw foxglove, Digitalis lutea | European yellow-flowered foxglove | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | dedalera, digitalis, digital | |
| Catalan | didalera, digital purpúria | |
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