Galenical

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A medicinal preparation composed mainly of herbal or vegetable matter.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or being a drug or agent made up chiefly of herbal or vegetable matter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. a medicinal preparation concocted mostly out of herbs or vegetable matter, after Galen, the Greek physician and writer of the second century.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as galenic.
  • Same as Galenic.
  • n. Any preparation made from vegetable substances by simple physical means, as by infusion, decoction, and percolation, as opposed to chemical methods.
  • Word Usage
    "(ii) Promotion of plant culture and processing with a view to obtaining stable and standardized galenical preparations that are recognised to be harmless yet effective, while not overlooking the marketing aspects."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ecumenical    identical