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
- : 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.
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