medicinal

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Letters
9
Pronunciation
/məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/
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/məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/ · /-sə-/ · /məˈdɪs.nəl/ · /ˈmɛ.ɖɪ.sə.nəl/ · /ˈmɛ.ɖɪs.nəl/

Definition of medicinal

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
  2. (not-comparable)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. (not-comparable)Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificially sweet or bitter flavours.

noun

  1. Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

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Etymology

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

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