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medicative

[ med-i-key-tiv ]
/ ˈmɛd ɪˌkeɪ tɪv /
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adjective
medicinal.
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Origin of medicative

From the Medieval Latin word medicātīvus, dating back to 1635–45. See medicate, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM medicative

an·ti·med·i·ca·tive, adjectivenon·med·i·ca·tive, adjectiveun·med·i·ca·tive, adjective

Words nearby medicative

medicament, Medicare, medicate, medicated, medication, medicative, Medicean, Medici, medicide, Medici, Lorenzo de, medicinable
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Words related to medicative

corrective, healthful, invigorating, medicinal, remedial, salutary, therapeutic, curing, pick-me-up, restorative, tonic, aesculapian, curative, healing, alleviative, beneficial, helpful, medicable, remedying, sanative

How to use medicative in a sentence

  • Adjective expresses ideas, simple, abstract, general and medicative; it is an abstraction in the substantive.

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