Galenical Definition
gā-lĕnĭ-kəl, gə-
noun
A medicine prepared from plants, according to a fixed recipe, as opposed to drugs of known chemical composition.
Webster's New World
A medicinal preparation composed mainly of herbal or vegetable matter.
American Heritage Medicine
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adjective
A medicinal preparation concocted mostly out of herbs or vegetable matter, after Galen, the Greek physician and writer of the second century.
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Other Word Forms of Galenical
Noun
Singular:
galenical
Plural:
galenicalsOrigin of Galenical
After Galen
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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