Willow bark contains salicin, a compound with medicinal properties that inspired the development of aspirin.
柳树皮含有水杨苷，这是一种具有药用性质的化合物，启发了阿司匹林的研制。
Which choice best defines “medicinal”?
A — Having healing properties. “medicinal” means having healing properties.
Which word means “having healing properties”?
C — medicinal. “medicinal” means having healing properties.
medicinal — having healing properties. In Chinese: 药用的，治疗的.
medicinal is pronounced /məˈdɪsɪnəl/.
Willow bark contains salicin, a compound with medicinal properties that inspired the development of aspirin. (柳树皮含有水杨苷，这是一种具有药用性质的化合物，启发了阿司匹林的研制。)
therapeutic, curative, healing — all close in meaning to medicinal (having healing properties).
harmful, toxic — each the opposite of medicinal (having healing properties).
Yes. medicinal is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.