"digitalis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪdʒɪˈtɑːlɪs/ [UK], /dɪd͡ʒɪˈtælɪs/ [US], /dɪd͡ʒɪˈteɪlɪs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-digitalis.wav [US] Forms: digitalises [plural]
Etymology: Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)). Doublet of digital. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|digitālis||of the fingers}} Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”), {{m|de|Fingerhut||thimble}} Fingerhut (“thimble”), {{doublet|en|digital}} Doublet of digital Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} digitalis (countable and uncountable, plural digitalises)
  1. Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (genus): напръстник (naprǎstnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 毛地黃 (Chinese Mandarin), 毛地黄 (máodìhuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 洋地黃 (Chinese Mandarin), 洋地黄 (yángdìhuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), sormustinkukat [plural] (Finnish), estalote [masculine] (Galician), Fingerhut [masculine] (German), δακτυλίτιδα (daktylítida) [feminine] (Greek), digitale [feminine] (Italian), naparstnica [feminine] (Polish), digital [feminine] (Portuguese), dedaleira [feminine] (Portuguese), наперстя́нка (naperstjánka) [feminine] (Russian), digital [feminine] (Spanish), dedalera [feminine] (Spanish), fingerborgsblomma [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-digitalis-en-noun-YtmhSK9g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'genus': 94 6
  2. (medicine) A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (extract): 洋地黃製劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 洋地黄制剂 (yángdìhuáng zhìjì) (Chinese Mandarin), digitalis (Finnish), digitalina [feminine] (Portuguese), digitalina [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-digitalis-en-noun-O5rKg-CV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'extract': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: digitalize

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "digitalina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extract",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "digitalina"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "digitalis"
  ],
  "word": "digitalis"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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