Officinal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Officinal is an adjective meaning (dated) Medicinal.
Meaning
(dated) Medicinal.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, rare) Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
- (obsolete, pharmaceutical) Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
Example Sentences
The leaves are the officinal part;
She was the compound extract of all that was chemically pure and officinal—the dispensary contained nothing equal to her.
Millepora polymorpha: British officinal Coral. […] This is the Coral of the Shops, and is found in great plenty in the seas round these islands, especially near Falmouth, and the Isle of Man.
I had always, in my officinal state, been kept in awe by lace and embroidery; and imagined that to fright away these unwelcome familiarities, nothing was necessary, but that I should, by splendour of dress, proclaim my reunion with a higher rank.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include official, semimedicinal, magistral, medicative, medical, medicinal.
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