medicinal
Use Medicinal in a sentence
ə adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
2.
unpalatable; disagreeable: a medicinal taste.
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World English Dictionary
medicinal (mɛˈdɪsɪnəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | relating to or having therapeutic properties |
| —n | |
| 2. | a medicinal substance |
| me'dicinally | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
medicinal
mid-14c., from L. medicinalis pertaining to medicine, from medicina (see medicine).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
medicinal me·dic·i·nal (mĭ-dĭs'ə-nəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or having the properties of medicine.
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Example sentences
Many of these indigenous crops also have medicinal properties.
Sadly a lot of animals here are eaten to extinction or poached for their medicinal value.
The scientists found pieces of seaweed mixed with other plants and chewed into clumps, possibly for medicinal purposes.
The same result has followed from keeping together different varieties of the medicinal leech.
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