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digitalis

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Main Entry: dig·i·tal·is
Pronunciation: \-ˈta-ləs also -ˈtā-\
Function: 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 powerful cardiotonic serving especially to increase the force of myocardial contraction; broadly : any of various cardiac glycosides (as digitalin or digoxin) that are constituents of digitalis or are derived from a related foxglove (Digitalis lanata)


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