medicinalme‧di‧ci‧nal /məˈdɪsənəl/ adjective 
Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties (=contain things that can cure medical problems).2for 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
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Helms has accused Weld of being soft on drugs, citing his support for the medicinal use of marijuana.
- Her dad works for the government as a medicinal drugs buyer.
- Last November, voters in California and Arizona passed initiatives which allow the use of pot for medicinal purposes.
- The idea that alcohol had medicinal qualities persisted well into the twentieth century.
- The Physic Garden is planted with examples of herbs used in Medieval times for medicinal purposes.
- This species is used as a medicinal herb in the East.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties (=contain things that can cure medical problems).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties (=contain things that can cure medical problems). (=plants that can be used in medicine)· A lot of research into medicinal plants and traditional remedies has now been carried out.
· The old women know about the healing properties of local herbs.
· This technology could be used for military purposes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Used as medicinal herb, especially as a blood-purifier.· Used as a medicinal herb in Sri Lanka.· This species is used as a medicinal herb in the East.
· Examines the problems of conserving medicinal plants, suggests an appropriate national conservation programme and gives advice on international collaboration.· They might have represented medicinal plants for pregnancy.· They planted food and medicinal plants, migrated seasonally and moved their villages.· Two-thirds of its imports of medicinal plants are taken from the wild.· Substantial sums have been spent in the deliberate search for medicinal plants, and they have seldom been rewarded.· They had considerable physiological and anatomical knowledge, detailed knowledge of thousands of medicinal plants, and wide-ranging curative and preventative skills.
· Man benefits through the wide variety of plants in the world through different plant many and varied medicinal properties. 4.· Furthermore, he was informed that the water may have had medicinal properties.
· The Physic Garden is planted with examples of herbs used in Medieval times for medicinal purposes.· Last November, voters in California and Arizona passed initiatives which allow the use of pot for medicinal purposes.· I would naturally consider sympathetically any invitation to take part in clinical trials requiring ingestion of whisky for medicinal purposes.· These would have been used for both flavouring and for medicinal purposes.· Indeed, botany as a science grew out of the study of plants for medicinal purpose.· That's what you need - whisky, for medicinal purposes.
· Extreme care must therefore be taken in the medicinal use of any of these drugs in sufferers from alcoholism.· Helms has accused Weld of being soft on drugs, citing his support for the medicinal use of marijuana.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- Marijuana was legalized for medicinal purposes.
- I would naturally consider sympathetically any invitation to take part in clinical trials requiring ingestion of whisky for medicinal purposes.
- Last November, voters in California and Arizona passed initiatives which allow the use of pot for medicinal purposes.
- That's what you need - whisky, for medicinal purposes.
- The Physic Garden is planted with examples of herbs used in Medieval times for medicinal purposes.
- These would have been used for both flavouring and for medicinal purposes.
WORD FAMILYnounmedicalmedicationmedicinemedicadjectivemedicalmedicatedmedicinaladverbmedicallymedicinally
1used for treating medical problems: Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties (=contain things that can cure medical problems).2for 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