different between medicinal vs medic

English

Etymology

From Latin medic?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d?s?n?l/, /m??d?sn?l/, /m??d?s?n?l/

Adjective

medicinal (not comparable)

1. Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical.
2. Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain.
3. Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice.

Derived terms

• medicinally

Related terms

• medicine

Translations

See also

• salutary

Noun

medicinal (plural medicinals)

1. Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes.

Translations

Anagrams

• adminicle, miniclade

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin medic?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /m?.di.si?nal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /me.di.si?nal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

medicinal (masculine and feminine plural medicinals)

1. medicinal

Related terms

• medicina

Further reading

• “medicinal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “medicinal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “medicinal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “medicinal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin medic?n?lis.

Adjective

medicinal m or f (plural medicinais)

1. medicinal

Related terms

• medicina

Further reading

• “medicinal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Romanian

Etymology

From French médicinal, from Latin medicinalis.

Adjective

medicinal m or n (feminine singular medicinal?, masculine plural medicinali, feminine and neuter plural medicinale)

1. medicinal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin medic?n?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /medi?i?nal/, [me.ð?i.?i?nal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /medisi?nal/, [me.ð?i.si?nal]

Adjective

medicinal (plural medicinales)

1. medicinal

Related terms

• medicina

Further reading

• “medicinal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?d?k/
• Homophone: medick
• Rhymes: -?d?k

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).

Adjective

medic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.

Noun

medic (plural medics)

1. A doctor.
2. A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
3. A medical student.

Related terms

• medical
• medicament
• medication
• medicate
• medicinal
• medicine
• premedication

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

medic (usually uncountable, plural medics)

1. Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”)

Further reading

• medic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• medic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• medic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• decim, demic, miced

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin medicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me.dik/

Adjective

medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)

1. medical

Declension

Synonyms

• medical

Noun

medic m (plural medici, feminine equivalent medic?)

1. doctor, physician

Declension

Synonyms

• doctor

Derived terms

• protomedic

Related terms

• medica
• medicament
• medicamenta
• medicamentare
• medicin?
• medico-

Etymology 2

From med (“Median”) +? -ic.

Adjective

medic m or n (feminine singular medic?, masculine plural medici, feminine and neuter plural medice)

1. Median

Declension

Related terms

• med
• Media

References

• medic in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)