Meaning Of The Word Officinal

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officinal in American English
commonly kept in stock in a pharmacy
adjective: kept in stock by apothecaries, as a drug
noun: an officinal medicine

officinal in British English
adjective: (of pharmaceutical products) available without prescription
noun: an officinal preparation or plant

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