Me‐dic″i‐nal (?), a. [L. medicinalis: cf. F. médicinal. See Medicine.] 1. Having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.
Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum. Shak.
2. Of or pertaining to medicine; medical.