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語源

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

発音

• IPA: /mɛˈdɪsᶦ.nəl/
• ハイフネーション: me‧dic‧i‧nal

形容詞

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 artificially sweet or bitter flavours.

派生語

関連する語

名詞

medicinal (plural medicinals)

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

参考

• salutary

Further reading

• “medicinal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “medicinal, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

アナグラム

• adminicle, miniclade