medicinal

From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɪsənəl/, /məˈdɪsnəl/, /mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/

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medicinal (not comparable)

1. Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
2. Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Amanita jatanum, Elaaden:

     Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gels pain-reducing capabilities.

   • 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:

     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".

3. Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.

• salutary

medicinal (plural medicinals)

1. Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

• adminicle, miniclade

Borrowed from Latin medicīnālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ði.siˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [me.ði.siˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al

medicinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural medicinals)

1. medicinal

• mèdic
• medicina

• “medicinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “medicinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “medicinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “medicinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin medicīnālis.

medicinal m or f (plural medicinais)

1. medicinal

• medicina
• médico

• “medicinal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Borrowed from French médicinal, from Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicină +‎ -al.

medicinal m or n (feminine singular medicinală, masculine plural medicinali, feminine and neuter plural medicinale)

1. medicinal

From Latin medicīnālis.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /mediθiˈnal/ [me.ð̞i.θiˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /medisiˈnal/ [me.ð̞i.siˈnal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧di‧ci‧nal

medicinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural medicinales)

1. medicinal

• “medicinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014