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digitalis

/dij-i-tal-is, -tey-lis/US // ˌdɪdʒ ɪˈtæl ɪs, -ˈteɪ lɪs //UK // (ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs) //

洋地黄,洋地黄属植物,洋地黄属,洋地黄属动物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
    • : the dried leaves of the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, used in medicine as a heart stimulant.

Examples

  • Its action on the circulation greatly resembles that of digitalis, but is more manageable.

  • This is just one expression of the folly which surrounded the use of digitalis at the time of its discovery.

  • The normal digitalis flower has a large pendant purple corolla much spotted upon the middle lobe of the larger and lower lip.

  • Digitalis, which you then considered as a more certain diuretic than any you had ever tried.

  • In something more than a year and a half, his dropsy returned, but the Digitalis did not then succeed to our wishes.