"medicinal" meaning in English

See medicinal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /məˈdɪsənəl/, /məˈdɪsnəl/, /mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav
Etymology: From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|medicīnālis}} Latin medicīnālis, {{suf|en|medicine|al}} medicine + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} medicinal (not comparable)
  1. Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having the properties of or pertaining to medicine): medicinaal (Dutch), lääkemäinen (Finnish), lääke- (Finnish), medicinal (Galician), дәрілік (därılık) (Kazakh), медицинский (medicinskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-medicinal-en-adj-yRZRHDZH Disambiguation of 'having the properties of or pertaining to medicine': 80 10 10
  2. Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain. Tags: not-comparable Translations (tending to cure disease): عِلَاجِيّ (ʕilājiyy) (Arabic), целебен (celeben) (Bulgarian), medicinal (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (yào) (Chinese Mandarin), 葯材 (Chinese Mandarin), 药材 (yàocái) (Chinese Mandarin), 葯物 (Chinese Mandarin), 药物 (yàowù) (Chinese Mandarin), geneeskrachtig (Dutch), genezend (Dutch), parantava (Finnish), médicinal (French), médicamenteux (French), medicinal (Galician), medikamentös (German), medizinal (German), medizinisch (German), Arznei- (German), Heil- (German), gyógyító (Hungarian), gyógyhatású (Hungarian), gyógy- (Hungarian), medicamentoso [masculine] (Italian), medicinale (Italian), ഔഷധ (auṣadha) (Malayalam), medisinsk (Norwegian Bokmål), medisinsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), medicinal (Romanian), vindecător (Romanian), лека́рственный (lekárstvennyj) (Russian), лече́бный (lečébnyj) (Russian), медици́нский (medicínskij) (Russian), medicinal (Spanish), medicamentoso (Spanish), ilaç özelliği olan (Turkish), iyileştirici (Turkish), müsekkin (Turkish), teskin edici (Turkish), tedavi edici (Turkish)
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  3. Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice. Tags: not-comparable Translations (tasting like medicine): lääkkeen makuinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-medicinal-en-adj-iWD1cULp Disambiguation of 'tasting like medicine': 9 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: medicinal chemistry, medicinal finger, medicinally Related terms: herbal medicine, medical, medication, medicational, medicine, salutary

Noun

IPA: /məˈdɪsənəl/, /məˈdɪsnəl/, /mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav Forms: medicinals [plural]
Etymology: From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|medicīnālis}} Latin medicīnālis, {{suf|en|medicine|al}} medicine + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} medicinal (plural medicinals)
  1. Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes. Translations (plant that can be used medicinally): lääkekasvi (Finnish), planta medicinal [feminine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-medicinal-en-noun-j4J8NA~Q

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
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      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
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      "word": "iyileştirici"
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      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "müsekkin"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tasting like medicine",
      "word": "lääkkeen makuinen"
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      "sense": "plant that can be used medicinally",
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