medicinal
[adjective]
Synonyms: therapeutic, curative, healing, medical, remedial, restorative

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me‧di‧ci‧nal /məˈdɪsənəl, mɪˈdɪsənəl/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: medical, medication, medicine, medic; adjective: medical, medicated, medicinal; adverb: medically, medicinally]

1. used for treating medical problems ⇒ medical:
Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties (=contain things that can cure medical problems).

2. for medicinal purposes
a) used in a humorous way to say that you drink alcohol because it is good for your health:
I keep a bottle of brandy handy – purely for medicinal purposes.
b) for use as a medicine:
herbs used in medieval times for medicinal purposes
—medicinally adverb

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