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medicinal
adjective(me-dic-i-nal)
tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain
medicinal
adjective(me-dic-i-nal)
salutary
medicinal
noun(me-dic-i-nal)
a large European freshwater leech (Hirudo medicinalis) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes used to drain blood (as from newly grafted tissue), and was formerly used to bleed patients thought to have excess blood

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