adjective
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stimulating gastric activity
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of or relating to the stomach
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of stomachic
1650–60; < Latin stomachicus < Greek stomachikós. See stomach, -ic
Example Sentences
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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 Compton MacKenzie
But the appeal of music and colour need not be so detailedly stomachic as that.
From The Book of This and That by Robert Lynd
The fruit of the quince is astringent and stomachic; and its expressed juice, in small quantities, as a spoonful or two, is of considerable service in nausea, vomitings, eructations, &c.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
Its chief use is as a condiment or spice, but as an aromatic and stomachic medicine it is also used internally.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
Garlic possesses stimulant and stomachic properties, and was of old, as still sometimes now, employed as a medicinal remedy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
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