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officinal |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Officinal \Of*fic"i*nal\, a. [F., fr L. officina a workshop, contr.fr. opificina fr opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do.] 1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it [Obs. or R.] --Johnson. 2. (Pharm.) Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. Note: This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See {Official}, a., 3.
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