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# digitalis

noun (digitalis, uncountable)

«digitalis» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A medicine made from the foxglove plant, used by doctors to make a weak heart beat more strongly and steadily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#m1)
2. The foxglove plant itself, a tall plant with purple or white bell-shaped flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and history lessons foxglove is an example of a plant that gives a medicine: in 1785 a doctor, William Withering, wrote about using foxglove for heart and swelling problems. Safety: foxgloves are poisonous; never eat any part of the plant. Medicine is only safe in the right dose given by a doctor.

### Examples

- Digitalis comes from the foxglove plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x1)
- Doctors used digitalis to help patients with weak hearts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x2)
- Foxgloves are also called digitalis in gardening books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x3)
- Every part of the digitalis plant is poisonous. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x4)
- The scientist measured the right dose of digitalis carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x5)

### Note

Uncountable. From Latin «digitus», finger, because a finger fits into the flower. A good example that «natural» does not mean «safe».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «digitalis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«digitalis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/digitalis.html) on Mova free.