{Galenic pharmacy}, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
galenical — [gə len′i kəl] n. [after GALEN] a medicine prepared from plants, according to a fixed recipe, as opposed to drugs of known chemical composition … English World dictionary
galenical — gāˈlenə̇kəl, gəˈ , nēk noun ( s) Etymology: galenical (I) (adjective) : a standard medicinal preparation (as extract, tincture) containing usually one or more active constituents of a plant and made by a process that leaves the inert and other… … Useful english dictionary
Galenical — Galenic Ga*len ic, Galenical Ga*len ic*al, a. Pertaining to, or containing, galena … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
galenical — noun Etymology: Galen + 1 ic + 1 al Date: 1768 a medicine prepared by extracting one or more active constituents of a plant … New Collegiate Dictionary
Galenical — adjective see Galen … New Collegiate Dictionary
galenical — /gay len i keuhl, geuh /, n. 1. an herb or other vegetable drug, distinguished from a mineral or chemical drug. 2. a crude drug, tincture, or decoction, distinguished from a preparation that has been refined. adj. 3. galenic. 4. (cap.) Galenic… … Universalium
Galenical — noun A vegetable or herbal remedy as prescribed by ; a simple cure. See Also: Galenically … Wiktionary
galenical — adjective a) a medicinal preparation concocted mostly out of herbs or vegetable matter, after Galen, the Greek physician and writer of the second century. b) galenic … Wiktionary
galenical — ga·len·i·cal gə len i kəl n a standard medicinal preparation (as an extract or tincture) containing usu. one or more active constituents of a plant and made by a process that leaves the inert and other undesirable constituents of the plant… … Medical dictionary
Galenical — adj. pertaining to Galen or his theories … English contemporary dictionary
