noun
- medicinal substances or preparations made from plants or plant extracts, especially those prepared according to traditional or herbal medicine methods
Usage: plural form; historical/pharmaceutical; named after Galen, a Greek physician
Examples
- The apothecary stocked various galenicals made from dried herbs and roots.
- Medieval physicians relied heavily on galenicals derived from plants found in their gardens.
- Modern pharmacists still study galenicals as part of the history of medicine.
- The herbalist prepared several galenicals to treat common ailments.
- Galenicals were the primary form of medicine before the development of modern synthetic drugs.