1. Preventing the formation or causing the expulsion of flatus. 2. An agent that relieves flatulence. [L. carmino, pp. -atus, to card wool; special Mod. L. usage, to expel wind]
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car·mi·na·tive kär-'min-ət-iv, 'kär-mə-.nāt- adj expelling gas from the stomach or intestines so as to relieve flatulence or abdominal pain or distension
carminative n a carminative agent
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n.
a drug that relieves flatulence, used to treat gastric discomfort and colic.
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car·min·a·tive (kahr-minґə-tiv) [L. carminare to card, to cleanse, from carmen, a card for wool] 1. relieving flatulence. 2. a medicine that relieves flatulence and assuages pain.Medical dictionary. 2011.