officinal

Meaning

1. (dated) Medicinal.
2. (obsolete, rare) Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
3. (obsolete) Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Synonyms

medicinal

healing

official

pharmaceutical

shoppy

medcinal

Translations

φαρμακευτικός

medicinale

💊

officinale

medicamentoso

heilkräftig

heilsam

medizinisch

medikamentös

medizinal

Heil-

offizinell

médicinal

officinal

médicamenteux

medicinalis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/

Etymology

From French, from Latin officīna (“a workshop”), contracted from opificīna, from opifex (“a workman”); opus (“work”) + faciō (“to make or do”).