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stomatic, a. and n.|stəʊˈmætɪk|
[ad. mod.L. stomaticus, a. Gr. στοµατικός, f. στοµατ-, στόµα mouth: see stoma and -ic. Cf. F. stomatique, It. stomatico, Sp. estomático. (The n. is in L. stomaticē, a. Gr. στοµατική, fem. of the adj.).]
1. a. adj. Of a medicine: Good for diseases of the mouth. b. n. A ‘stomatic’ medicine. ? Obs.
The explanation in quot. 1656 is app. an error. In the bracketed quots. the word is misused for stomachic; the same blunder has been common in Fr., Sp., and It.
1656Blount Glossogr., Stomatick..that hath a sore or swelling in the mouth. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. i. vi. 10 Stomatick [medicaments] to the mouth. [1678Salmon Lond. Disp. 588/1 It is designed for a Stomatick to comfort and warm a cold and weak Stomach. 1683― Doron Med. ii. 174 It is a good Cephalick, ‘Stomatick’ and hysterick. 1699― Bate's Disp. (1713) 242/1 Besides all this, it is an excellent Stomatick, strengthens the Ventricle, causes..a quick Digestion. 1741Compl. Family-Piece i. i. 3 Take of the Stomatick-Pill with Gums.] 1857Dunglison Med. Lex. s.v., Dentifrices, masticatories, &c., are stomatics.
2. Bot. and Zool. = stomatal.
1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 141 The stomatic apparatus. 1890Hardwicke's Sci.-Gossip XXVI. 172/2 The stomatic cells.
So † stoˈmatical a. Obs.
In the bracketed quots. the word is misused for stomachical; cf. the similar misuse of stomatic.
[1547Boorde Brev. Health ccclviii. 115 Let the pacient purge hym selfe..with pylles stomatical.] 1601Holland Pliny xxiii. vii. II. 170 This was the stomaticall medicine [L. Hæc erat stomatice] of the auncients. [1662Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 201 This is a sharp, hungry, stomatical [L. stomachicum], specifical, and humane ferment. ] |
