medicinal

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Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.

adjective

1
Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
2
Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gels pain-reducing capabilities.
The town [Cheltenham] "is celebrated for its medicinal waters" and "has been for the last sixty years one of the most elegant and fashionable watering places in England".
3
Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificially sweet or bitter flavours.

Etymology

From Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicine + -al.

noun

1
Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

Forms

plural: medicinals

medically · For medical purposes.medication · A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.Medici · A surname from Italian.

medicinal · Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.

medicine · A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested…medics · The science of medicine.medieval · Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from…

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