different between medico vs medicinal

English

Noun

medico (plural medicos)

1. (informal, humorous) A physician or medical doctor; sometimes also a medical student.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XV, [1]

     She had travelled with her father as far as the Springs, and both of them were in utter ignorance of the fate which had overtaken the young medico during the journey.

   • 1929, Time, 8 April, 1929, [2]

     He has been an Army medico since the Spanish War, active student of X-ray leprosy treatments and degassing processes.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.di.ko/
• Hyphenation: mè?di?co

Etymology 1

From Latin medicus, derived from medic? (“cure, heal”).

Adjective

medico (feminine medica, masculine plural medici, feminine plural mediche)

1. medical

Noun

medico m (plural medici)

1. (medicine) doctor, physician

   Synonym: dottore

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

• chirurgo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

medico

1. first-person singular present indicative of medicare

Anagrams

• decimo, decimò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?me.di.ko?/, [?m?d??ko?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?me.di.ko/, [?m??d?ik?]

Etymology 1

From medicus (“medical”).

Verb

medic? (present infinitive medic?re, perfect active medic?v?, supine medic?tum); first conjugation

1. I heal, cure.
2. I give healing power to.
3. I medicate.
4. I dye with color.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

medic?

1. dative singular of medicus
2. ablative singular of medicus

References

• medico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• medico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• medico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Verb

medico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of medicar.

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.