Definition of Tormina

1. n. pl. acute, colicky pains; gripes.

Definition of Tormina

1. Noun. (medicine) acute pain in the abdomen ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tormina

1. gripes [n]

Medical Definition of Tormina

1. Acute, colicky pains; gripes. Origin: L, a griping in the belly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tormina

tormentils
tormenting
tormentingly
tormentise
tormentor
tormentors
tormentour
tormentours
tormentress
tormentresses
tormentries
tormentrix
tormentry
torments
tormentum
tormina (current term)
torminal
torminous
torn
torn away
tornade
tornades
tornadic
tornado
tornado cellar
tornado epilepsy
tornado lantern
tornadocane
tornadocanes
tornadoes

Literary usage of Tormina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Diseases of Children: With Directions for the Management by Michael Underwood, Marshall Hall (1835)
"... together with castor oil, or other demulcent laxative, ought also to be made trial of. tormina, OR GRIPES. The Gripes is a very common ..."

2. A Text-book of Medical Diagnosis by James Meschter Anders, Leonard Napoleon Boston (1911)
"tormina VENTRICULI (PERISTALTIC UNREST). Definition. — A condition characterized by gurgling, which begins during or immediately after the taking of food, ..."

3. Medical Diagnosis: Special Diagnosis of Internal Medicine by Wilhelm von Leube, Julius Lincoln Salinger (1904)
"... which considerably debilitated the patient, ceased after a duration of three weeks. PERISTALTIC UNREST OF THE INTESTINE (tormina ..."

4. The Diseases of the Stomach by William Ward Van Valzah, James Douglas Nisbet (1898)
"... object being gradually to render the stomach tolerant of larger and larger quantities of food which excites it little and leaves it rapidly. IV. tormina ..."

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