English-Thai Dictionary
officinal
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
OFFICINAL
a.[L. officina, a shop. ] Used in a shop or belonging to it. Officinal drugs, medicines and simples are such as are required to be constantly kept in the shops of apothecaries.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
OFFICINAL
Of *fic "i *nal, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. officina a workshop, contr.fr. opificina, fr. opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do. ]
1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [Obs. or R.] Johnson.
2. (Pharm.)
Defn: Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.
Note: This term is often interchanged with official, but in strict use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See Official, a., 3.
New American Oxford Dictionary
officinal
of fic i nal |əˈfisənl əˈfɪsənl | ▶adjective chiefly historical (of an herb or drug ) standardly used in medicine. DERIVATIVES of fic i nal ly adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent. (as a noun denoting an officinal medicine ): from medieval Latin officinalis ‘storeroom for medicines, ’ from Latin officina ‘workshop. ’
Oxford Dictionary
officinal
officinal |əˈfɪsɪn (ə )l, ɒfɪˈsiːn (ə )l | ▶adjective chiefly historical (of a herb or drug ) standardly used in medicine. DERIVATIVES officinally adverb ORIGIN late 17th cent. (as a noun denoting an officinal medicine ): from medieval Latin officinalis ‘storeroom for medicines ’, from Latin officina ‘workshop ’.
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