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Definition of: officinal
(ə·fis′ə·nəl) adjective
1. Prepared and on hand, as drugs.
2. Employed in the arts or as a medicine.
—noun Any drug or medicine kept ready for sale. [<Med. L officinalis <L officina workshop, contraction of opificina <opifex workman <opus work + facere do]
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