Synonyms for medicinal
məˈdɪs ə nlmedic·i·nal

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1. medicative, medicinaladjective

   having the properties of medicine

   "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties"

   Synonyms:
   medicative

   Antonyms:
   unhealthful

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1. medicinaladjective

   Synonyms:
   healing, curative, medical

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1. medicinaladjective

   Synonyms:
   medicative, medical, therapeutic

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1. List of paraphrases for "medicinal":

   pharmaceutical, medicines, medical, medicated, drugs, drug, medication, herbal, medications, therapeutic, drug-drug, medicine

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1. Thomas Widmann:

   The hypotheses range from a greater propensity to homemade remedies, like medicinal herbs used in peasant tradition ; there are those who assume a more marked anti-authoritarian tendency than elsewhere, for historical reasons ; but I think more practical hypotheses should also be considered, such as logistical difficulties, for those who live at the bottom of a mountain valley, going to a city vaccination center can mean wasting a lot of time.

2. Lyn Wadley:

   Control of fire was an important technological foundation, through the use of ash and medicinal plants to repel insects, we realize that they had some pharmacological knowledge.

3. Zhou Jinfeng:

   All medicinal treatment should be on the principle of 'do no harm' to those using, or making it and to the species it depends on; meaning in most cases no vertebrate should be used within TCM.

4. Anthony Fabrizio:

   Cannabinoids are a single component of what is active in the medicinal properties of [marijuana] plants.

5. Alan Cooper:

   Apparently, Neanderthals possessed a good knowledge of medicinal plants and their various anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties..., the use of antibiotics would be very surprising, as this is more than 40,000 years before we developed penicillin.