Medicinal and Poison

Medicinal

Medicinal noun - A substance or preparation used to treat disease.

Poison and medicinal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poison" instead a noun "Medicinal".

Poison

Poison noun - A substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing.

Medicinal and poison are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Medicinal" instead a noun "Poison".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • The Medic The villains have Lucia: a somewhat cranky dwarf who carries poison for "medicinal" purposes.
    Source: The Medic
  • Western Animation / Kulipari: An Army of Frogs This Means Warpaint: Darel gets scratched in the face with a strong poison, that Coorah cures by applying a medicinal blue clay.
  • Flat "What." In From the End to the Start this was Hermione's reaction to Luna's statement that pudding, according to her mother, "can be served for medicinal purposes for poison consumption and for irritable bowels."
    Source: Flat "What."
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