medicinal

[muh-dis-uh-nl] /məˈdɪs ə nl/
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial:
medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
2.
unpalatable; disagreeable:
a medicinal taste.
Origin
1300-50; Middle English < Latin medicīnālis. See medicine, -al1
Related forms
medicinally, adverb
nonmedicinal, adjective
nonmedicinally, adverb
semimedicinal, adjective
unmedicinal, adjective
unmedicinally, adverb
Examples from the web for medicinal
  • He founded hospitals and public gardens and gardens for the growing of medicinal herbs.
  • The same result has followed from keeping together different varieties of the medicinal leech.
  • Distilled water is chemically pure and is always used for medicinal purposes.
  • These enchantments are medicinal, they sober and heal us.
  • The only really consistent effect of zinc lozenges reported by quality studies is a bitter, medicinal aftertaste.
  • People drink alcohol for the pleasure and the taste, sometimes forgetting its medicinal properties.
  • Decriminalizing marijuana would also help to resolve the current dispute over its medicinal use.
  • Wine has served us by providing experiences from the medicinal to the mystical, and from the caloric to the culinary.
  • They have nothing to say about their foods except that they have wonderful medicinal properties.
  • Many of these indigenous crops also have medicinal properties.
British Dictionary definitions for medicinal

medicinal

/mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/
adjective
1.
relating to or having therapeutic properties
noun
2.
a medicinal substance
Derived Forms
medicinally, adverb
Word Origin and History for medicinal
adj.

late 14c., from Old French medicinal and directly from Latin medicinalis "pertaining to medicine," from medicina (see medicine). Related: Medicinally.

medicinal in Medicine

medicinal me·dic·i·nal (mĭ-dĭs'ə-nəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or having the properties of medicine.