2 entries under this word

Carminative

Car-mīn'a-tive, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. carminatif, N. Lat. carminativus (a. 1622), from carminare, to card, hence to cleanse, from carmen, a card for wool or flax, freeing it from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter, either for carpimen, from carpere, to pluck, or directly from carēre, to card, allied to Gr. κείρειν, to cut short.] Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. “Carminative hot seeds.” Dunglison.

Car-mīn'a-tīve, n.

noun

[N. Lat. carminativum. See supra.] (Med.) A medicine which tends to expel wind, or to remedy colic and flatulencies, especially of the class of aromatics. Dunglison.