medicinal

See also: médicinal

English

Etymology

From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈdɪsənəl/, /məˈdɪsnəl/, /mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.
   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Amanita jatanum, Elaaden:

     Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gels pain-reducing capabilities.

   • 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:

     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".

3. Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.

Derived terms

• biomedicinal
• ethnomedicinal
• medicinal chemistry
• medicinal finger
• medicinally
• nonmedicinal
• phytomedicinal
• semimedicinal
• telemedicinal
• unmedicinal

Related terms

• herbal medicine
• medical
• medication
• medicational
• medicine

Translations

having the properties of or pertaining to medicine

Dutch: medicinaal (nl) Finnish: lääkemäinen, lääke- (fi) Galician: medicinal (gl) Kazakh: дәрілік (därılık) Polish: lekowy (pl) Russian: медицинский (ru) (medicinskij)

tending to cure disease

Arabic: عِلَاجِيّ (ʕilājiyy) Armenian: բուժիչ (hy) (bužičʻ), բուժական (hy) (bužakan) Bulgarian: целебен (bg) (celeben) Catalan: medicinal (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 藥 / 药 (zh) (yào), 藥材 / 药材 (zh) (yàocái), 藥物 / 药物 (zh) (yàowù) Dutch: geneeskrachtig (nl), genezend (nl) Finnish: parantava (fi) French: médicinal (fr), médicamenteux (fr) Galician: medicinal (gl) German: medikamentös (de), medizinal, medizinisch (de), Arznei- (de), Heil- (de) Hungarian: gyógyító (hu), gyógyhatású (hu), gyógy- (hu) Italian: medicamentoso (it) m, medicinale (it) Malayalam: ഔഷധ (ml) (auṣadha) Norwegian: Bokmål: medisinsk Nynorsk: medisinsk Polish: leczniczy (pl) Romanian: medicinal (ro), vindecător (ro) Russian: лека́рственный (ru) (lekárstvennyj), лече́бный (ru) (lečébnyj), медици́нский (ru) (medicínskij) Spanish: medicinal (es), medicamentoso (es) Turkish: ilaç özelliği olan, iyileştirici, müsekkin (tr), teskin edici, tedavi edici

tasting like medicine

Finnish: lääkkeen makuinen Polish: o smaku lekarstwa

See also

• salutary

Noun

medicinal (plural medicinals)

1. Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

Translations

plant that can be used medicinally

Finnish: lääkekasvi (fi) Galician: planta medicinal f Polish: zioło (pl) n

Anagrams

• adminicle, miniclade

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medicīnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ði.siˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.ði.siˈnal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

medicinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural medicinals)

1. medicinal

Related terms

• mèdic
• medicina

Further reading

• “medicinal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “medicinal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “medicinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “medicinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin medicīnālis.

Adjective

medicinal m or f (plural medicinais)

1. medicinal

Related terms

• medicina
• médico

Further reading

• “medicinal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French médicinal, from Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicină +‎ -al.

Adjective

medicinal m or n (feminine singular medicinală, masculine plural medicinali, feminine and neuter plural medicinale)

1. medicinal

Declension

Declension of medicinal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	medicinal		medicinală		medicinali	medicinale
	definite	medicinalul		medicinala		medicinalii	medicinalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	medicinal		medicinale		medicinali	medicinale
	definite	medicinalului		medicinalei		medicinalilor	medicinalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin medicīnālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mediθiˈnal/ [me.ð̞i.θiˈnal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /medisiˈnal/ [me.ð̞i.siˈnal] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧di‧ci‧nal

Adjective

medicinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural medicinales)

1. medicinal

Derived terms

• cantárida medicinal
• medicinalmente

Related terms

• medicamentoso
• medicina
• médico

Further reading

• “medicinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024