Me*dic"i*nal (?), a. [L. medicinalis: cf. F. m'edicinal. See Medicine.]
1.
Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum.
Shak.
2.
Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
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