medicamentaryadj.
/ˌmɛdᵻkəˈmɛntəri/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəkəˈmɛn(t)əri/ Now rare.
Of the nature of a medicine; medicinal. Also, of a book: concerning medicines.
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medicamentary1596
the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective]
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
1596 P. Barrough Method of Phisick (ed. 3) viii. 484 Neither was it necessarie to stuffe this Medicamentarie booke with vnusuall..compositions.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 286 We..must rather fight with medicamentary aliments, then with Medicaments.
1881 Nature 15 Sept. 480/2 Certain toxical or medicamentary substances..are not absorbed.
1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 21 May Soccer players use less medicamentary build-up than track and field athletes and swimmers, who may resort to muscle-boosting drugs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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