me ‧ di ‧ ci ‧ nal /məˈdɪs ə nəl, mɪˈdɪs ə nəl/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ medical , ↑ medication , ↑ medicine , ↑ medic ; adjective : ↑ medical , ↑ medicated , ↑ medicinal ; adverb : ↑ medically , ↑ medicinally ]
1 . used for treating medical problems ⇨ medical :
Garlic is believed to have medicinal properties (=contain things that can cure medical problems) .
2 . for medicinal purposes
a) used in a humorous way to say that you drink alcohol because it is good for your health:
I keep a bottle of brandy handy – purely for medicinal purposes.
b) for use as a medicine:
herbs used in medieval times for medicinal purposes
—medicinally adverb