digitalis

Other forms of digitalis

plural

digitalises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about digitalis

What does digitalis mean?

digitalis means "a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in digitalis?

digitalis has 4 syllables: dig-i-tal-is. The stress falls on "tal". In IPA it is /ˌdɪdʒəˈtæləs/.

What is another word for digitalis?

Close synonyms include digitalis glycoside, digitalin, foxglove. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is digitalis a common word?

digitalis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.