Meanings
alternative medcinal
- not comparableTending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gels pain-reducing capabilities.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Amanita jatanum, Elaaden1 more example
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".
2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56 - not comparableTasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificially sweet or bitter flavours.
plural medicinals · alternative medcinal
- Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving the properties of medicine
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmedicīnālis
- Englishmedicinal
From Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicine + -al.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عِلَاجِيّ
- عِلَاجِيّ (ʕilājiyy)tending to cure disease
Bulgarian целебен
- целебен (celeben)tending to cure disease
Catalan medicinal
- medicinaltending to cure disease
Chinese Mandarin 藥 /药, 藥材 /药材
- 藥 /药tending to cure disease
- 藥材 /药材 (yàocái)tending to cure disease
- 藥物 /药物 (yàowù)tending to cure disease
- 有藥味的 /有药味的 (yǒuyàowèi de)tasting like medicine
Dutch medicinaal, geneeskrachtig
- medicinaalof or pertaining to medicine
- geneeskrachtigtending to cure disease
- genezendtending to cure disease
Finnish lääkemäinen, lääke-
- lääkemäinenof or pertaining to medicine
- lääke-of or pertaining to medicine
- parantavatending to cure disease
- lääkkeen makuinentasting like medicine
- lääkekasviplant used medicinally
French médicinal, médicamenteux
- médicinaltending to cure disease
- médicamenteuxtending to cure disease
German Medizin-, medikamentös
- Medizin-of or pertaining to medicine
- medikamentöstending to cure disease
- medizinaltending to cure disease
- medizinischtending to cure disease
- Arznei-tending to cure disease
- Heil-tending to cure disease
- medizinischtasting like medicine
- Heilpflanzeplant used medicinally
- Arzneipflanzeplant used medicinally
Hungarian gyógyító, gyógyhatású
- gyógyítótending to cure disease
- gyógyhatásútending to cure disease
- gyógy-tending to cure disease
Italian medicamentoso, medicinale
- medicamentosotending to cure disease
- medicinaletending to cure disease
Norwegian Bokmål medisinsk
- medisinsktending to cure disease
Polish lekowy, leczniczy
- lekowyof or pertaining to medicine
- leczniczytending to cure disease
- o smaku lekarstwatasting like medicine
- ziołoplant used medicinally
Portuguese planta medicinal
- planta medicinalplant used medicinally
Romanian medicinal, vindecător
- medicinaltending to cure disease
- vindecătortending to cure disease
Russian медицинский, лека́рственный
- медицинский (medicinskij)of or pertaining to medicine
- лека́рственный (lekárstvennyj)tending to cure disease
- лече́бный (lečébnyj)tending to cure disease
- медици́нский (medicínskij)tending to cure disease
Spanish medicinal, medicamentoso
- medicinaltending to cure disease
- medicamentosotending to cure disease
- planta medicinalplant used medicinally
Turkish ilaç özelliği olan, iyileştirici
- ilaç özelliği olantending to cure disease
- iyileştiricitending to cure disease
- müsekkintending to cure disease
- teskin edicitending to cure disease
- tedavi edicitending to cure disease
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Cite this entry
medicinal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicinal
“medicinal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicinal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medicinal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medicinal.
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