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officinal (uh-FIS-uh-nuhl) adjective Medicinal. noun A stocked medicine (as opposed to one specially prepared). [From Latin officina (storeroom or workshop), from opus (work) + facere (to make or to do).] Originally, officinals were medicines prepared and kept in stock by the pharmacists. The... Sign in to see full entry.