medicinal

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to medicines or their production.

• noun

  A substance or agent that has the property of healing or curing a disease or injury.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with medicinal
medicinal , prescribinal , proscribinal

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Variants

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medicinal , medicinally , medicinals , medicinal leech , medicinal leeches

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Etymology

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From Latin medicinalis, from medicina 'medicine'.

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Trivia

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1. The earliest recorded use of medicinal herbs dates back to ancient Egypt around 3000 BC.

2. Penicillin, the world's first antibiotic, was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.

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Related Concepts

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1. pharmaceuticals: Medicinal substances that are produced in a laboratory and used to treat or prevent diseases.

2. herbal medicine: Medicinal substances derived from plants.

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Culture

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In literature, medicinal has been used to describe the healing properties of various substances, such as herbs and potions. In art, medicinal plants have been depicted in various forms, from intricate illustrations to simplified symbols.

How to Memorize "medicinal"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a doctor prescribing a pill bottle labeled 'medicinal'. Imagine the pill bottle being filled with various colored pills, each representing a different medicinal substance.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'medicinal' with the word 'healing'. Remember that medicinal substances are used to help people feel better and recover from illnesses.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by associating the word 'medicinal' with the phrase 'medicines that heal'.

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