BENEFICIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beneficial mean? 

• BENEFICIAL (adjective)
  The adjective BENEFICIAL has 1 sense:

1. promoting or enhancing well-being

  Familiarity information: BENEFICIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENEFICIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Promoting or enhancing well-being

Synonyms:

beneficial; good

Context example:

the experience was good for her

Similar:

advantageous; favorable; favourable (giving an advantage)

Derivation:

benefit (something that aids or promotes well-being)

 Context examples 

In the first place, he must make such an agreement for tithes as may be beneficial to himself and not offensive to his patron.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Leucine also prevents breakdown of muscle proteins after trauma or severe stress and may be beneficial for individuals with phenylketonuria.

(Leucine, NCI Thesaurus)

Now, Mehta’s team has shown beneficial changes in this plaque when psoriasis is treated with biologic therapy – even without changes in other cardiovascular risk factors such as cholesterol, glucose, and blood pressure.

(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Its interactions with humans to obtain food are mutually beneficial, but to obtain care for its young it is a brutal exploiter of other birds.

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Yarrow oil has activities that can be beneficial to the nervous, genitourinary and digestive systems, and can be used topically for skin care.

(Achillea millefolium Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientistss showed in the Parkinson’s mice that it is possible to show beneficial effects even at concentrations similar to those tolerated by humans.

(Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal studies, University of Cambridge)

Developed in partnership with the Juazeiro do Norte College, the ABC Medical School, and Oxford Brookes University, in the UK, the research found the association beneficial in 37 patients.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agenciabrasil/EBC)

Although most are beneficial to human health, some of these microbes can cause problems.

(Algal Virus Infects, Affects Humans, NIH)

Breastfeeding, long known to benefit infant health, partially acts by encouraging the growth of beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacterium in the baby's gut.

(Gut Bacteria from Breastfeeding Linked to Improved Infant Response to Vaccines, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Regimen might be more beneficial then systemic one by delivering a higher dose of drug to the liver and reducing overall systemic exposure.

(Intrahepatic Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)