Digitalis
11digitalis — 1660s, Mod.L. translation of Ger. fingerhut, the German name of foxglove, lit. thimble. Named by Fuchs (1542), and so called for its shape. The medicine (originally extracted from the plant) is so called from 1799 …
12Digitalis — Foxglove redirects here. For other uses, see Foxglove (disambiguation). Foxglove Digitalis purpurea (Common Foxglove) Scientific classification Kingdom …
13Digitalis — Digitale Digitales …
14digitalis — /dij i tal is, tay lis/, n. 1. any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, esp. the common foxglove, D. purpurea. 2. the dried leaves of the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, used in medicine as a heart stimulant. [1655 65; <… …
15Digitalis — Roter Fingerhut * * * Di|gi|ta|lis 〈f.; ; unz.〉 1. 〈Bot.〉 = Fingerhut (2) 2. 〈Pharm.〉 Heilmittel gegen Herzkrankheiten aus den Blättern u. Samen des Fingerhuts [zu lat. digitus „Finger“] * * * 1Di|gi|ta|lis, die; , [nlat., zu lat. digitus, ↑… …
16Digitalis — A genus of perennial flowering plants of the family Schrophulariaceae. D. lanata, a European species, and D. purpurea, purple foxglove, are the main sources of cardioactive steroid glycosides used in the treatment of certain heart diseases,… …
17digitalis — gauruotoji rusmenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bervidinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Digitalis lanata), paplitęs pietų Europoje ir pietvakarių Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Digitalis lanata angl. digitalis; Grecian… …
18Digitalis — 1Di|gi|ta|lis die; , <aus mlat. digitalis »Fingerring, Fingerhut« zu lat. digitalis, vgl. 1↑digital> Fingerhut. Digitalis 2 2Di|gi|ta|lis das; <zu 1Digitalis> aus den Blättern des Fingerhutes gewonnenes starkes Herzmittel (Med.) …
19digitalis — paprastoji rusmenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bervidinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Digitalis purpurea), paplitęs pietų Europoje ir šiaurės Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Digitalis purpurea angl. common foxglove;… …
20digitalis — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, of a finger, from digitus; from its finger shaped corolla Date: 1664 1. foxglove 2. the dried powdered leaf of the common foxglove that contains glycosides which act on the heart and that is a… …
