adjective
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stimulating gastric activity
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of or relating to the stomach
noun
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Origin of stomachic
1650–60; < Latin stomachicus < Greek stomachikós. See stomach, -ic
Example Sentences
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Here I first saw the tree, or rather shrub, which bears the balm of Gilead, erst so celebrated for its tonic and stomachic properties.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
Apparently this was very distressful to the defendant, for he was instantly seized with violent stomachic pains.
From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.
The only calm person was Stella who, clasping a rubber doll with tight curly rubber hair and a stomachic squeak, chanted to herself the saga of Madame Flauve's arrival.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
Normally, stomachic sensations reach our consciousness only under special circumstances.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
Calumba, ka-lum′ba, n. the root of an East African plant, extensively used in medicine as a stomachic and tonic.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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