medicinally
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5.3
- adverb
- /məˈdɪsɪnəli/
- In traditional medicine, ginger is often used medicinally to alleviate nausea.
- medicinally valuable plants
- medicinally valuable
Examples
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The aloe vera plant stands out as one of the premier plants for healing, even more so than the hundreds of other plants and herbs people use medicinally.
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First, even though bioprospecting for medicinally valuable plants has been going on for centuries, understanding fully all the medicinal uses to which plants may be put is a continual, rather than a finite, process.
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Well, it's sometimes used medicinally.
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Especially considering that heroin has been used medicinally before.
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I'm not worried about using any of those plants medicinally.
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Heroin can be used medicinally, so at the right dose, carefully administered by a medical professional, it's not bad for you.
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These are to wrap the anxiety medication in when inhaling it medicinally.
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ION can be used medicinally as well by mixing 20 drops of ION in an 8-ounce cup of water.
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These two examples illustrate the unique challenge inherent in bioprospecting for medicinally valuable plants.
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In 1987, a group of biologists was slogging through swampland in Malaysia seeking plants that they hoped would yield medicinally useful chemical compounds upon examination in a laboratory.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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3.5
In a way that involves doctors or hospitals
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6.0
In a way that helps to treat illness or injury
How Medicinal
- Specialized
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6.0
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5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Medicinally comes from the Latin medicus ('doctor') and the root medic- meaning 'medicine', the same root you see in medicine and medical. So, to use something medicinally is to use it for 'healing' or as 'medicine'.