a. [ad. mod.L. stomachālis, f. L. stomach-us STOMACH sb.: see -AL. Cf. F. stomacal (in 16th c. -chal), Sp. estomacal, It. stomacale.]
1. Pertaining to the stomach, gastric; of the nature of or serving the purpose of a stomach.
1582. Hester, Secr. Phiorav., I. xxxviii. 45. Flebothomie euacuateth the stomochall humors that are cause of that corruption [in gout].
1683. A. Snape, Anat. Horse, I. ix. (1686), 18. The Stomachal Arteries are twigs from the Coeliacal branch of the Arteria magna.
1841. Penny Cycl., XXI. 425/2. A curved longitudinal furrow, which circumscribes laterally the stomachal region.
1859. G. H. Lewes, Physiol., I. iii. 201. Our knowledge of the stomachal process has been rendered more accurate.
1860. Encycl. Brit., XXI. 1000/1. Near the middle of the body the canal is dilated into a stomachal cavity.
1861. Hulme, trans. Moquin-Tandon, II. VII. ii. 344. The alimentary canal [of the Oxyurus] has the appearance of three stomachal dilatations which succeed each other.
1871. W. A. Hammond, Dis. Nerv. Syst., 49. In stomachal vertigo the attacks of dizziness are often severe.
1896. A. Willey, in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci., XXXIX. 336. The stomachal axis of Ctenoplana.
2. Of remedies: Good for the stomach.
1599. A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 117/1. An excellent stomacalle pouldre.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, II. xxxvii. 436. Let her hardly remit this vocall lithernesse vnto evill, if it be neyther cordiall, nor stomacall.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. (1653), 63. They are very stomachal, for they refresh much the stomack.
1707. Curios. in Husb. & Gard., 235. Balm … is … stomachal and diuretick.
