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medicamentary

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Etymology

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From medicament +‎ -ary.

Adjective

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medicamentary (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to medicament; medicinal.
    • 1838, James Prinsep, “Examination of the Inscription at Dhauli in Cuttack”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal[1], volume 7, page 452:
      This establishment was probably a kind of hospital, and if Mr. Kittoe's conjectures as to the small rock mortars be correct, it must have been amply provided with medicamentary concoctions!
    • 1861, Wm. W. Morland, “On "The Morbid Effects of the Retention in the Blood of the Elements of the Urinary Secretion"”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences[2], volume 41, page 131:
      How is it eliminated? This is undecided. A small quantity only is absorbed even in medicamentary usage.