stomachic

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin stomachicus.

Adjective

stomachic (comparative more stomachic, superlative most stomachic)

  1. Of or relating to the stomach.
  2. Beneficial to the stomach or to digestion.

Noun

stomachic (plural stomachics)

  1. A medicine for the stomach.
    • 1844, Richard Dennis Hoblyn, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences:
      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.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.