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Carminative vs Acarminative - What's the difference?

carminative | acarminative |

As nouns the difference between carminative and acarminative

is that carminative is (medicine) a drug or substance that induces the removal of gas from the digestive tract while acarminative is a drug or substance that prevents the development of gas in the digestive tract.

As an adjective carminative

is relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.

carminative

English

(wikipedia carminative)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Relieving discomfort of gas in the digestive tract.
    • (Dunglison)

    See also

    * windtreibend

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug or substance that induces the removal of gas from the digestive tract.
  • * 1926 , Hope Mirrlees, Lud-in-the-Mist (Ch. 9):
    • But Master Nathaniel was indifferent to these manifestations of unpopularity. Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative .
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    acarminative

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A drug or substance that prevents the development of gas in the digestive tract.