adjective
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stimulating gastric activity
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of or relating to the stomach
noun
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Etymology
Origin of stomachic
1650–60; < Latin stomachicus < Greek stomachikós. See stomach, -ic
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It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The stomachic causes which, as time went on, produced melancholy and dense, black depression in me, probably accounted for his eruptions of violent irascibility.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
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
Germander, jėr′man-dėr, n. a large genus of labiate herbs with aromatic, bitter, and stomachic properties.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Like all volatile oils the drug is a stomachic and carminative.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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