Stomachic
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A medicine for the stomach.
"CALUMBÆ RADIX (Kalumbo, Portuguese). The root of the Cocculus palmatus, one of our most useful stomachics and tonics. It contains a bitter principle, called calumbin."
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to the stomach.
"This will usefully blunt the keenness of the stomachic ferment."
- 2 Beneficial to the stomach or to digestion.
Adjective
- 1 relating to or involving the stomach wordnet
Example
More examples"This will usefully blunt the keenness of the stomachic ferment."
Etymology
From Latin stomachicus.