medicinal
English
/məˈdɪsənəl/
adj
Definitions
- Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
- Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
- Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.
Etymology
Derived from Latin medicīnālis.
Origin
Latin
medicīnālis
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biomedicinal English
- biomedicinally English
- ethnomedicinal English
- ethnomedicinally English
- medicinally English
- nonmedicinal English
- nonmedicinally English
- phytomedicinal English
- telemedicinal English
- unmedicinal English
- medicīnālis Latin
- medicinale Italian
- medicinal Spanish, Castilian
- medicinal Catalan, Valencian
- medicinal Galician