medicamentaladj.
/ˌmɛdᵻkəˈmɛntəl/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəkəˈmɛn(t)l/ rare in 18th and 19th centuries.
Of the nature of a medicine, medicinal; involving a medicine.
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medicinala1384
wholesomea1387
healinga1398
medicinablea1398
restorativea1398
sanative14..
curatory?a1425
remediable1437
mildlya1475
curable1483
recurablea1500
curative1525
eradicative1543
good1580
physical1580
medicable1590
sanable1598
balsamic1605
therapeutical1606
medicinary1607
medicative1644
medical1646
therapeutic1646
salutary1649
salvative1653
boethetic1656
medicamentary1656
recuperatory1656
sanitating1656
medicamental1657
medicamentous1659
medicating1705
balmy1747
salving1751
sanatorya1832
salubrious1855
medicatory1864
recuperative1872
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ev Aconitus..and many others, are both medicamental and poysonous [L. sunt & medicamenta & venena].
1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) xiii. 119 Sallads of Lettuce..are medicamental aliment.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Medicamental, relating to medicine, internal or topical.
1895 W. J. Morton (title) Electric medicamental diffusion... Read at the fourth annual meeting of the American Electrotherapeutic Association..Sept...1894.
1981 O. Sacks Migraine (rev. ed.) xiv. 241 The answer does not lie in ever-more-powerful drugs, and medicamental aggressiveness.
1991 Med. Oncol. & Tumor Pharmacotherapy 8 229 While iron-deficiency anemia should of course be diagnosed, treated and if possible prevented, there are good reasons to avoid over-utilization of medicamental iron.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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