officinal

English

Etymology

From French, from Latin officina (“a workshop”), contracted from opificina, from opifex (“a workman”); opus (“work”) + facere (“to make or do”).

Adjective

officinal (comparative more officinal, superlative most officinal)

  1. Medicinal.
  2. (obsolete, rare) Used in a shop, or belonging to it.
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  3. (obsolete, pharmaceutical) Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
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