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MEDICINAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the properties of medicine
Example:
medicinal properties
Synonyms:
medicative; medicinal
Classified under:
Similar:
healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)
Derivation:
medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Context examples:
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles peppermint.
(Peppermint Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
Clay minerals have been sought for medicinal purposes for millennia.
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
The study is an important advance in understanding how clays, specifically blue clay from Oregon, have shown medicinal properties by attaching to pathogenic bacteria.
(Clay fights MRSA, other 'superbugs' in wounds, National Science Foundation)
This is medicinal, but you do not know how.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
While in Mexico they are still used more for medicinal purposes, in Spain we are finding that they are being consumed for supposedly recreational purposes.
(Scientists examine the ethnobotanical uses of stramonium, University of Granada)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles pineapple.
(Pineapple Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A proprietary botanical formulation derived from a traditional Chinese medicinal (TCM) plant with hematopoietic activity.
(Plant-Derived Hematopoiesis Enhancer PG2, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles cherry.
(Cherry Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles orange and banana combination.
(Orange Banana Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)
Cardamom oil is used for its aromatic properties, in cooking, and in medicinal preparations.
(Cardamom Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
