‖ tormina, n. pl. Path.
(ˈtɔːmɪnə)
[L. tormina gripes, griping of the bowels, pl. of *tormen, for *torqmen, f. torquēre to twist.]
Acute griping or wringing pains in the bowels; gripes. Also fig.
| 1656 R. Robinson Christ All 106 They have not those tormina and gripings in their consciences which other Sinners have. 1658 Phillips, Torminous, troubled with Tormina, i. gripings of the Belly. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. vi. 75 They have costive or irregular bowels, diarrhœa, tormina. 1866 A. Flint Princ. Med. (1880) 413 Griping or colic pains which are called tormina. |
Hence ˈtorminal, † ˈtorminous adjs., of the nature of or characterized by tormina; † affected with tormina.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Torminous,..that frets the guts, or that hath torments and frettings in the guts. 1666 G. Harvey Morb. Angl. x. 85 A torminous diarrhé. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. I. 198 A few slight torminal pains. |