Medical Term:
galenicals
Pronunciation: gā-len′i-kălz
Definition:
- Herbs and other vegetable drugs, as distinguished from the mineral or chemical remedies.
- Crude drugs and the tinctures, decoctions, and other preparations made from them, as distinguished from the alkaloids and other active principles.
- Remedies prepared according to an official formula.
[Claudius Galen]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
