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officinal.

Medicinal.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/
  1. Medicinal.

    dated
  2. Used in a shop, or belonging to it.

    obsolete · rare
  3. Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From French, from Latin officīna (“a workshop”), contracted from opificīna, from opifex (“a workman”); opus (“work”) + faciō (“to make or do”).

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