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💾 To make digital 💊 To give digitalis
to digitalize

to digitalize

7.5
Give a patient a heart medicine called digitalis carefully to reach a safe helpful dose
  • verb
  • /ˈdɪdʒɪtəˌlaɪz/
  • Archaic
translation icon : digitalizar
  • The doctor decided to digitalize the patient after signs of heart failure appeared.

Examples

  • Older patients may be more sensitive when you digitalize them, so careful dosage is required.

  • It is important not to digitalize a patient with kidney impairment without close monitoring.

  • The doctor will digitalize the treatment plan for her patient.

  • Why did the nurse digitalize his medication?

  • The doctor carefully decided to digitalize the patient to ensure she received the right amount of medication.

  • Before the nurse could digitalize him, she checked his medical history for any potential issues.

  • It was crucial for the physician to digitalize the patient properly to avoid any harmful side effects.

Surface Forms

digitalize infinitive
digitalise infinitive
digitalized past
digitalised past
digitalized past participle
digitalised past participle
digitalizing present participle
digitalising present participle
digitalizes third person singular
digitalises third person singular

Morphology

digitalize = digitalis (opaque) = digitalis + ize

The connection between 'digitalis' and 'digitalize' is not transparent to learners unfamiliar with medical terminology.

Etymology

Digitalize in medicine comes from digitalis, the heart drug made from the foxglove plant whose flowers look like 'fingers'. So to digitalize a patient is to give them this medicine carefully to help the heart.