Administration of digitalis by any one of a number of schedules until sufficient amounts are present in the body to produce the desired therapeutic effects.
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dig·i·ta·li·za·tion also Brit dig·i·ta·li·sa·tion .dij-ət-əl-ə-'zā-shən n the administration of digitalis (as in heart disease) until the desired physiological adjustment is attained also the bodily state so produced
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the administration of a derivative of digitalis to a patient with heart failure until the optimum level has been reached in the heart tissues. At this stage the control of heart failure should be adequate and there should be few side-effects. The process of digitalization may take several days.
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dig·i·tal·iza·tion (dij″ĭ-təl-ĭ-zaґshən) the administration of digitalis or one of its glycosides in a dosage schedule designed to produce and then maintain optimal therapeutic concentrations of its cardiotonic glycosides.Medical dictionary. 2011.