medicinal
Syllables: me·dic·i·nal/məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/
medicinal adjective: having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
Adjective
medicinal (not comparable)
- Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
- Tending 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, Elaaden
- 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
- Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificially sweet or bitter flavours.
Noun
medicinal (plural medicinals)
- Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.
medicinal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
medicinal in Hindi
- medicinal
- औषधीय auṣdhīya
medicinal in Tamil
- மருந்து குணங் கொண்ட, மருந்து சார்ந்த, நோய் தணிக்கும் பொருள், பிணிப்போக்கும் பண்பு
medicinal in Urdu
- medicinal
- ادویاتی adviyātī
medicinal in Bengali
- ঔষধি
More languagesFewer languages
- medicinal in Malayalam
- ഔഷധ auṣadha
- medicinal in Kannada
- ಮದ್ದಿನ, ಔಷಧದ, ರೋಗಹರ, ಆರೋಗ್ಯಕರ
- medicinal in Gujarati
- ઔષધીય
- medicinal in Odia
- ଔଷଧୀଯ଼
- medicinal in Nepali
- औषधीय
- medicinal in Arabic
- عِلَاجِيّ ʕilājiyy
Examples of medicinal in a sentence
- If any medicinal herbs used by witches were supposedly evil, then how come people from at least the past benefited from the healing properties of such herbs?
- The babchi plant is medicinal plants which are used in many traditional medicines.
- Safflower is a valuable cash crop with medicinal and oilseed properties.
Forms of medicinal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | medcinal |
| Noun | |
| plural | medicinals |
Origin of medicinal
From Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicine + -al.
Words formed from medicinal
Phrases with medicinal
Questions about medicinal
- What does medicinal mean?
- Medicinal means having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
- What is medicinal in Hindi?
- Medicinal in Hindi is औषधीय (auṣdhīya). See Medicinal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is medicinal?
- Medicinal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce medicinal?
- Medicinal is pronounced /məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/ (UK).
Words near medicinal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: medicinal (page history and authors); औषधीय (Hindi) (page history and authors); medicinal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادویاتی (Urdu) (page history and authors); medicinal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); medicinal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); medicinal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medicinal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); medicinal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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