1. relating to or used in the treatment of disease; medicinal
Usage: archaic or formal

1. a substance or preparation used to treat or cure disease; a medicine
Usage: archaic or formal

Examples

• The medicant properties of the herb have been recognized for centuries.
• Ancient healers relied on various medicant plants to treat ailments.
• The doctor prescribed a medicant to relieve the patient's symptoms.
• Medicant compounds were carefully prepared by apothecaries.
• This root serves as a powerful medicant in traditional medicine.