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ga⋅len⋅i⋅cal

  [gey-len-i-kuhl, guh-]
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–noun
1. an herb or other vegetable drug, distinguished from a mineral or chemical drug.
2. a crude drug, tincture, or decoction, distinguished from a preparation that has been refined.
–adjective
3. galenic.
4. (initial capital letter) Galenic (def. 1).
5. Galenic (def. 2).
Origin:
1645–55; Galenic + -al 1
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ga·len·i·cal   (gā-lěn'ĭ-kəl, gə-)   
n.  A medicinal preparation composed mainly of herbal or vegetable matter.
adj.  Of, relating to, or being a drug or agent made up chiefly of herbal or vegetable matter.

[After Galen.]
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Main Entry: ga·len·i·cal
Pronunciation: g&-'len-i-k&l
Function: noun
: a standard medicinal preparation (as an extract ortincture) containing usually one or more active constituents of a plant and made by a process that leaves the inert and other undesirable constituents of the plant undissolved
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galenical ga·len·i·cal (gā-lěn'ĭ-kəl, gə-)
n.

  1. A medicinal preparation composed mainly of herbal or vegetable matter.
  2. A remedy prepared according to an official formula.
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a medicinal preparation made up chiefly of herbal or vegetable matter.

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