Officinal

Word OFFICINAL
Character 9
Hyphenation of fic i nal
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Officinal"

What do we mean by officinal?

Readily available in pharmacies; not requiring special preparation. adjective

Recognized by a pharmacopoeia. adjective

Of or pertaining to a shop or laboratory; used in a shop or laboratory. Especially

Of an apothecary's shop: applied in pharmacy to preparations made according to recognized prescriptions; specifically, prescribed in the pharmacopœia.

In botany, used in medicine or the arts.

A drug or medicine sold in an apothecary's shop; specifically, a drug prepared according to the pharmacopœia. noun

Used in a shop, or belonging to it. adjective

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

Medicinal. adjective

Used in a shop, or belonging to it. adjective

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

Medicinal.

Used in a shop, or belonging to it.

(pharmaceutical) Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Officinal

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The word "officinal" in example sentences

That represented in the annexed Cut is the common or officinal Cuttle-fish, ❋ Various (N/A)

-- The fruit of this species constitutes the true, small, officinal Malabar cardamoms. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

Now we have for commercial and officinal purposes two varieties of the cultivated plant, the black Mustard (_Sinapis nigra_), and the white Mustard (_Brassica_, or _Sinapis alba_). ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

The leaves are the officinal part, and their active properties depend on a peculiar, oily-like alkaloid, called Nicotin. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

The officinal part is the bark, which comes off from the rhizomes. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

An officinal tincture is made from the rhizome of Valerian with spirit of wine, of which from one to two teaspoonfuls may be given for a dose, with a little water. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

The officinal part of the plant is the fruit, which consists of two united carpels, called a cremocarp. ❋ Various (N/A)

An officinal tincture is made from the plants collected in the spring, when two years old; also, in some villages the infusion is employed as a homely remedy to cure a cold, the herb being known as "Throttle Wort;" but this is not a safe thing to do, for medical experience shows that the watery infusion of ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

Asia, and _S. excelsa_ and _aspera_ are used as substitutes for the officinal drug in Europe. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

Across the Atlantic an officinal tincture is made from the Tomato for curative purposes by treating the apples, and the bruised fresh plant with alcohol, and letting this stand for eight days before it is filtered and strained. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

The officinal rhubarb is the root of an undetermined species. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

The officinal root differs in appearance, according to the country from which it is brought. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

An officinal tincture (_Tinctura anthemidis_) is made from the flowers of the true Chamomile (_Anthemis nobilis_) with rectified spirit of wine. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

The roots, which are the officinal part, are contorted, knotty and annulated, and about the thickness of a goose quill. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

[485] Our druggists supply an officinal tincture of Colchicum ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

Syrup of tar is an officinal medicine in the United States of America for chronic bronchitis, and winter cough. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

The dose of the authorised officinal juice is from one to two teaspoonfuls, and from five to twenty grains of the prepared extract. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

These, not being officinal, fail to find a place on the shelves of the ordinary Pharmaceutical druggist. ❋ William Thomas Fernie (N/A)

-- The yellow gentian root (_Gentiana lutea_) is the officinal species, and a native of the Alps of Austria and Switzerland. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

Rue (Luke, xi, 42), probably Ruta chalepensis, slightly different from R. graveolens, the officinal one. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

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