officinally
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officinally — adv. through a pharmacist; through the use of pharmaceutics … English contemporary dictionary
officinally — of·fic·i·nal·ly … English syllables
officinally — adverb see officinal I … Useful english dictionary
officinal — officinally, adv. /euh fis euh nl/, adj. 1. kept in stock by apothecaries, as a drug. Cf. magistral (def. 1). 2. recognized by a pharmacopoeia. n. 3. an officinal medicine. [1710 20; < ML officinalis of a store or workshop, equiv. to L officin(a) … Universalium
officinal — (adj.) kept in stock by a druggist, c.1720, from Fr. officinal, from M.L. officinalis, lit. of or belonging in an officina, a storeroom (of a monastery) for medicines and necessaries, in classical Latin workshop, laboratory, contraction of… … Etymology dictionary
officinal — [ə fɪsɪn(ə)l, ɒfɪ si:n(ə)l] adjective (of a herb or drug) used in medicine. Derivatives officinally adverb Origin C17: from med. L. officinalis storeroom for medicines , from L. officina workshop … English new terms dictionary
officinal — adj. 1 a (of a medicine) kept ready for immediate dispensing. b made from the pharmacopoeia recipe (cf. MAGISTRAL). c (of a name) adopted in the pharmacopoeia. 2 (of a herb or drug) used in medicine. Derivatives: officinally adv. Etymology: med.L … Useful english dictionary
