Definition of officinal Officinal

of•fic•i•nal

We found 7 definitions of officinal from 4 different sources.

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What does officinal mean?

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  • officinal (Adjective)
    Medicinal.
  • officinal (Adjective)
    Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
  • officinal (Adjective)
    Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • officinal (a.)
    Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
  • officinal (a.)
    Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • officinal
    Having the therapeutic properties of medicine.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • officinal
    of-fis′i-nal, adj. belonging to, or used in, a shop: denoting an approved medicine kept prepared by apothecaries. [Fr.,—L. officina, a workshop—opus, work, facĕre, to do.]

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