RADICAL

adj. Ra2d'ia-k'l. Lat., radical is (from radix, a root). Fr., r. Ger., wurzelstdndig (3d def.), radikal (3d def.). 1. Pertaining to a root. 2. Springing from the root or from a root-like portion of the stem, [a, 35.J 3. Concerned with the root, origin, or e ence; reaching to the root, thorough; curative as opposed to palliative. [a, 48.J 4. As a n., see RADICLE. [s. 378]