medicinal

Definition

Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gels pain-reducing capabilities."
• "The town [Cheltenham] "is celebrated for its medicinal waters" and "has been for the last sixty years one of the most elegant and fashionable watering places in England"."

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