a. and sb. [ad. L. stomachicus, a. Gr. στομαχικός, f. στόμαχ-ος STOMACH sb.: see -IC. Cf. F. stomachique, Sp. estomáquico, Pg. estomachico, It. stomachico.] A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the stomach; gastric.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., s.v. Vein, Stomachick vein (vena stomachica).
1677. trans. Groeneveldt’s Treat. Stone, 33. The stomachic branch of the sixt pair.
1690. J. Edwards, Demonstr. Exist. God, II. (1696), 60. Others hold that this stomachick ferment proceeds immediately from the blood.
1771. Encycl. Brit., I. 251/2. The stomachic plexus, formed by the eighth pair [of nerves].
1799. Med. Jrnl., II. 398. The author … treats … of the great stomachic gland.
1808. Scott, in Lockhart, I. i. 49. I have … only had to complain of occasional headaches or stomachic affections.
1856. Emerson, Eng. Traits, Manners, Wks. (Bohn), II. 46. The Englishman speaks with all his body. His elocution is stomachic—as the American’s is labial.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 51. The nitrate of silver is … useful in stomachic … diseases.
1881. Encycl. Brit., XII. 630/2. Whilst the mullet has a fleshy stomach like a bird, others have no stomachic dilatation.
b. Of an ailment: Caused by disorder of the stomach.
1878. A. M’L. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 123. Stomachic Vertigo is common, and is produced, directly after a hearty meal, or else when the stomach is entirely empty.
† 2. Having or subject to disorder of the stomach.
1656. Blount, Glossogr.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 238. Partridge,… it helps the cœliack and stomachick persons.
3. Good for the stomach.
1665. G. Harvey, Disc. Plague (1673), 146. Likewise Pestilential stomachick Emplasters applied to the Stomach.
1732. J. Martyn trans. Tournefort’s Hist. Plants, I. 91. The root is stomachick, pectoral, diuretick, and provokes the menses.
1754–64. Smellie, Midwifery, II. 45. He ordered … three or four ounces every morning of the following Stomachick wine.
1833. L. Ritchie, Wand. by Loire, 110. A red wine celebrated for its rich colour and stomachic qualities.
1846. Soyer, Cookery, 58. This potage, though complicated, is very easily made with a little practice; it is entirely new, very stomachic and wholesome.
1876. Dunglison, Med. Lex., Tinctura Absinthii Composita.… Tonic, stomachic, vermifuge, and carminative.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 550. A stomachic or febrifuge mixture.
B. sb. A stomachic medicine.
1735. Bracken, in Burdon’s Pocket Farrier, 41, note. It is a better Stomachick than most Compounds out of an Apothecary’s Shop.
1850. Dickens, Dav. Copp., vii. It was exactly the compound one would have chosen for a stomachic.
Hence Stomachicness. rare–0.
1727. Bailey, vol. II., Stomachickness, stomachick Quality, or Helpfulness to the Stomach.
