stomachic

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Etymology

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Latin stomachicus.

Adjective

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stomachic (comparative more stomachic, superlative most stomachic)

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

Noun

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stomachic (plural stomachics)

  1. A medicine for the stomach.
    • 1844, Richard Dennis Hoblyn, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences[1]:
      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.