oˈfficinally, adv.
[f. officinal a. + -ly2.]
In officinal use; according to the pharmacopœia.
| 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 630 The three species of cinchona used officinally. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 147 The digitalin of the U.S. Pharmacopœia is officinally described as ‘a white or yellowish-white powder, without odor, and having a very bitter taste’. |