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medicamentary

medicamentary adjective: of or relating to medicament; medicinal.

Adjective

medicamentary (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to medicament; medicinal.
    • This establishment was probably a kind of hospital, and if Mr. Kittoe's conjectures as to the small rock mortars be correct, it must have been amply provided with medicamentary concoctions!1838, James Prinsep, “Examination of the Inscription at Dhauli in Cuttack”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume 7, page 452
    • How is it eliminated? This is undecided. A small quantity only is absorbed even in medicamentary usage.1861, Wm. W. Morland, “On "The Morbid Effects of the Retention in the Blood of the Elements of the Urinary Secretion"”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 41, page 131

Origin of medicamentary

From medicament + -ary.

Questions about medicamentary

What does medicamentary mean?
Medicamentary means of or relating to medicament; medicinal.
What part of speech is medicamentary?
Medicamentary is an adjective.

Words near medicamentary in the dictionary

  1. medicals
  2. medicals out
  3. medicament
  4. medicamental
  5. medicamentally
  6. medicamentary
  7. medicamentation
  8. medicamentations
  9. medicamentous
  10. medicamentously
  11. medicaments

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