DIGITAL
Dig"i*tal, a. Etym: [L. digitals.]
Defn: Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
DIGITALIN Dig"i*tal`in, n. Etym: [Cf. F. digitaline.] (a) (Med.) Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the "French extract," the "German extract," etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties. (b) (Chem.) A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside.
DIGITALIS
Dig`i*ta"lis, n. Etym: [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to
Linnæus) from its finger-shaped corolla.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants including the foxglove.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.
DIGITATE Dig"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare, fr. L. digitus. See Digit.]
Defn: To point out as with the finger. [R.] Robinson (Eudoxa).