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medicinal

adj
/məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/US/ˈmɛ.ɖɪ.sə.nəl/

Etymology

From Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicine + -al.

  1. derived from medicīnālis

Definitions

  1. Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine

    Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.

  2. Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.

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

    Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificially sweet or bitter flavours.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

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

The neighborhood

Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at medicinal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at medicinal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at medicinal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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