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medicinal

medicinal

50 4.0
Able to help heal or treat illness
  • adjective
  • /məˈdɪsənl/
translation icon : medicinal
  • We can continue the discussion over a drop of something medicinal.
  • medicinal plants
  • medicinal herbs
  • medicinal recipes

There's no plant root herb that is not medicinal, Ayogyam, purusham nasti.

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Examples

  • So how Jews in Eastern Europe used different plants for medicinal purposes?

  • They did know a lot about about medicinal plants.

  • Another thing you can generate is natural products of medicinal interest.

  • - It's for medicinal purposes.

  • The Food and Drug Administration are having us do a study to determine what, if any, are the medicinal purposes of marijuana.

  • There's a need for a medicinal purpose.

  • Previous archaeological evidence for the medicinal use of plants dates back more than 5,000 years in China.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The ecosystems also may be sources of medicinal plants and sites for community-based tourism.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In our village lives a Mr. Han who cultivates medicinal herbs.

  • Chamomile tea is well-known for its medicinal benefits, helping to soothe digestive issues.

Synonyms

therapeutic
vsmedicinal
87 5.2

Helping a person feel better physically or mentally

is broader and can indicate healing ability beyond therapy use
curative
vsmedicinal
8 6.2

Able to cure disease and help someone get better

is used more generally for healing ability or relation to health
remedial
vsmedicinal
1 5.3

Helps heal a sickness or an injury

is broader also describes general relation to health beyond intention to cure
medicative
vsmedicinal
7.9

Helping to cure illness or heal injuries

is broader also describes relation to health care beyond direct curing
therapeutical
vsmedicinal
  • Archaic
7.7

Relating to treatment that helps cure or ease an illness

is more general and covers healing or medical relation not only therapy

Compounds

Effects of a plant or drug that help improve health and treat sickness

medicinal drug
  • Specialized
3.3

A substance used to treat, prevent, or reduce symptoms of illness

A large freshwater worm that doctors used to take blood from patients

How Medicinal

lifesaving
6 3.5
curative
8 6.2
therapeutic
87 5.2
medicinal
50 4.0
soothing
81 2.9

Surface Forms

medicinal positive

Morphology

medicinal = medicine (semi-transparent) = medicin + al

The word is clearly formed from 'medicine' with adjectival '-al', but the sense extends from 'relating to medicine' to the broader idea of having healing properties.

Etymology

Medicinal comes from the Latin words medicina 'healing' and medicus 'doctor', and it shares the same root as the common word medicine. So, something medicinal is used to heal or treat illness.