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carminative definition

car·mina·tive (kär min′ə tiv, kär′mə nāt′iv)

adjective

causing gas to be expelled from the stomach and intestines

Etymology: ModL carminativus < L carminatus, pp. of carminare, cleanse < carrere, card

noun

a carminative medicine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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