/gay len"i keuhl, geuh-/ , n.
1. an herb or other vegetable drug, distinguished from a mineral or chemical drug.
2. a crude drug, tincture, or decoction, distinguished from a preparation that has been refined.
adj.
3. galenic.
4. ( cap. ) Galenic (def. 1).
5. Galenic (def. 2).
[ 1645-55; GALENIC + -AL 1 ]