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Meanings of officinal in English

Having the therapeutic properties of medicine.

        Usage of officinal in English
        1
        Recovery has followed the ingestion of an ounce of officinal hydrochloric acid.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        2
        The officinal rhubarb is the root of an undetermined species.
        The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in...
        3
        These, not being officinal, fail to find a place on the shelves of the ordinary Pharmaceutical druggist.
        Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
        4
        Syrup of tar is an officinal medicine in the United States of America for chronic bronchitis, and winter cough.
        Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
        5
        It is a pledge that we shall be emancipated from all narrow technicalities and officinal idols, while following his guidance.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 / A Maga...
        Officinal through the time