tormina (usually uncountable, plural torminae)
(medicine) acute pain in the abdomen; colic, gripes
• Sometimes misconstrued as a plural, as if from the non-existent Latin *torminum.
• minorat
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"mi*na, n. pl. Etym: [L., a griping in the belly.] (Med.)
Definition: acute, colicky pains; gripes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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