How do you pronounce medicinal?

The recorded pronunciation is /məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/.

medicinal

/məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: me-dic-i-nal
IPA: /məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/

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Meaning

adj

Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.

adj

Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.

adj

Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificially sweet or bitter flavours.

noun

Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

Example Sentences

"Though not poisonous, this mildly psychoactive mushroom has valuable medicinal properties. Extracted agents could be used to enhance medi-gels pain-reducing capabilities."
"The town [Cheltenham] "is celebrated for its medicinal waters" and "has been for the last sixty years one of the most elegant and fashionable watering places in England"."

Etymology

From Latin medicīnālis. By surface analysis, medicine + -al.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: medicīnālis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/
British English: /məˈdɪ.sɪ.nəl/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

medcinal (alternative) medicinals (plural)

Derived Forms

biomedicinal ethnomedicinal medicinally nonmedicinal phytomedicinal semimedicinal telemedicinal unmedicinal

Phrases

medicinal chemistry medicinal finger

Frequently Paired Words

medical medication medicational medicine salutary

Synonyms

medicative