medicative

adjective

med·​i·​ca·​tive

-kə|,

|t|,

|ēv also |əv

: medicinal

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin medicativus, from Latin medicatus (past participle of medicare, medicari to heal) + -ivus -ive

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