officinal
pronunciation
How to pronounce officinal in British English:
UK [ə'fɪsɪnl]
How to pronounce officinal in American English:
US [ə'fɪsɪnəl]
Word Origin
- officinal (adj.)
- "kept in stock by a druggist," c. 1720, from French officinal, from Medieval Latin officinalis, literally "of or belonging in an officina," a storeroom (of a monastery) for medicines and necessaries, in classical Latin "workshop, manufactory, laboratory," contraction of *opificina, from opifex (genitive opificis) "worker, workman, maker, doer" (from opus "work;" see opus) + -fex, -ficis "one who does," from facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Related: Officinally.
Example
- 1. The officinal function of bloodsucker and market are analysed .
- 2. The reflection that in be opposite , officinal industry grows .
- 3. Angelica still can make officinal board together with other edibles .
- 4. Often eat field mint cool and refreshing one xia jike is officinal yi ke edible .
- 5. Conventional paraffin sectioning was adopted to conduct the anatomical examination of the officinal organs of houttuynia cordata , stems , rhizomes and leaves .