as in medicinal
tending to cure disease or restore health
the discovery of officinal plants that continues to this day
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medicinal
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Its remit has been to collect details of adverse events (side-effects of medicinal products), process case reports and keep regulators informed about emerging safety issues once drugs have entered the market.—
Aman Wasan,
Forbes.com,
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The sharp, medicinal quality that most ouds have?—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Officinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officinal. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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