Category:Officinal

Of*fic"i*nal, a. Etym: [f., fr. L. officina a workshop, contr.fr. Opificina, fr. opifex a workman; opus work + facere to make or do.]

1. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. [obs. or r.] Johnson.

2. (pharm.)

Defn: kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and Medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or Compounding; not magistral.

Note: this term is often interchanged with official, but in strict Use officinal drugs are not necessarily official. See official, a., 3.