Definitions for galenicalgeɪˈlɛn ɪ kəl, gə-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ga•len•i•calgeɪˈlɛn ɪ kəl, gə-(n.)
a standard medical preparation containing one or more organic ingredients, as herbs, rather than having a purely chemical content.
Category: Pharmacology
Origin of galenical:
1645–55
Wiktionary
Galenical(Noun)
A vegetable or herbal remedy as prescribed by Galen; a simple cure.
galenical(Adjective)
galenic
galenical(Adjective)
a medicinal preparation concocted mostly out of herbs or vegetable matter, after Galen, the Greek physician and writer of the second century.
Webster Dictionary
Galenical(adj)
pertaining to, or containing, galena
Galenical(u)
relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases
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