medicinal

[ muh-dis-uh-nl ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial:

   medicinal properties; medicinal substances.

2. unpalatable; disagreeable:

   a medicinal taste.

medicinal

/ mɛˈdɪsɪnəl /

adjective

1. relating to or having therapeutic properties

noun

1. a medicinal substance

Derived Forms

• meˈdicinally, adverb

Other Words From

• me·dici·nal·ly adverb
• nonme·dici·nal adjective
• nonme·dici·nal·ly adverb
• semi·me·dici·nal adjective
• unme·dici·nal adjective
• unme·dici·nal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of medicinal¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word medicīnālis. See medicine, -al ¹

Example Sentences

The chicken, to this day, is valued for its medicinal properties.

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Cruikshank often speaks about the potential of yoga to be therapeutic — even medicinal.

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Wikipedia has an entire entry on medicinal clays, though many are of the mud-bath variety.

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They have long since been touted as medicinal fungi, boasting the ability to strengthen the immune system and lower cholesterol.

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Beginning in 2000, California funded 12-odd studies through the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, based at UC San Diego.

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Poets and dramatists sung its praises, while others wrote of its wonderful medicinal qualities.

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Spenser in his Fairy Queen makes one of the characters include it with other herbs celebrated for medicinal qualities.

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Medicinal doses of the bromides produce in healthy persons a general diminution of nervous energy.

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There are more than twenty species of rosin-weed or silphium, all probably similar in their medicinal virtues.

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Three species are usually mentioned as being used for medicinal purpose.

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