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Definition of Carminative

1. Noun. Medication that prevents the formation of gas in the alimentary tract or eases its passing.

2. Adjective. Relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping).

Definition of Carminative

1. a. Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic.

2. n. A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.

Definition of Carminative

1. Adjective. Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract. ¹

2. Noun. (medicine) A drug or substance that induces the removal of gas from the digestive tract. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carminative

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Carminative

1. 1. Preventing the formation or causing the expulsion of flatus. 2. An agent that relieves flatulence. Origin: L. Carmino, pp. -atus, to card wool; special Mod. L. Usage, to expel wind (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carminative

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Literary usage of Carminative

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

1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1843)
"[Like other popular nostrums, Dalby's carminative is made after various recepts, so that the dose, which is perfectly safe when the cordial is prepared by ..."

2. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"... of belladonna or hyoscyamus, or with a drop of some carminative oil or resin, to prevent the pain and griping which often accompanies their action. ..."

3. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"... POPPIES—GODFREY'S CORDIAL—DALBY'S carminative —PAREGORIC ELIXIR—DOVER'S POWDER—BLACK DROP—SEDATIVE SOLUTION —MORPHIA AND ITS SALTS—TESTS FOR MORPHIA AND ..."

4. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"Calamus, Nardus, Cyperus, agree in their Diuretic, carminative and Emmenagogue Virtue, ... and have the fame diuretic, carminative, emmenagogue Virtue, ..."

5. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"It is occasionally employed as an external stimulant in paralysis ind chronic rheumatism. Mace is stimulant, carminative and aromatic. ..."

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