digitalis

About 1.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).
2. noun A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

Similar words

foxglove digitalin digitalis glycoside purpurea digoxin digitoxin lanoxin cardiacglycoside fingerhut fingerflower

Often followed by

toxicity and is in purpurea intoxication glycosides preparations may

Word family

digitalises