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medicinary

medicinary is the obsolete form of medicinal.

Meaning of medicinal

Adjective

medicinal (not comparable)

  1. Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
  2. 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
  3. Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificially sweet or bitter flavours.

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Questions about medicinary

What is medicinary the obsolete form of?
Medicinary is the obsolete form of medicinal.

Words near medicinary in the dictionary

  1. medicinal finger
  2. medicinal fingers
  3. medicinality
  4. medicinally
  5. medicinals
  6. medicinary
  7. medicine
  8. medicine bag
  9. medicine bags
  10. medicine ball
  11. medicine balls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: medicinary (page history and authors); medicinal (page history and authors). 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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