— medicamental /med'i keuh men"tl/ , medicamentous , adj.
/meuh dik"euh meuhnt, med"i keuh-/ , n.
a healing substance; medicine; remedy. Also called medicant /med"i keuhnt/ .
[ 1535-45; medicamentum remedy, physic, equiv. to medica ( ri ) to cure + -mentum -MENT. See MEDICATE ]