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medicinal

/məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/ adjective

Latin root: medicīnālis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about medicinal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Having the properties of medicine.
    medicative drugs

Origin

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

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