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prescription medicine vs medicinal drug

medicinal drug vs prescription medicine

prescription medicine and medicinal drug both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prescription medicine Yes No No No
medicinal drug Yes No No No
As nouns, medicinal drug is a hypernym of prescription medicine; that is, medicinal drug is a word with a broader meaning than prescription medicine:
  • prescription medicine: a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
  • medicinal drug: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Other hypernyms of prescription medicine include medicament, medication, medicine.
prescription medicine (noun) medicinal drug (noun)
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
Difference between prescription medicine and medicinal drug

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