aperitive

 [uh-per-i-tiv]  

a·per·i·tive

   [uh-per-i-tiv] Medicine/Medical
adjective
1.
aperient.
2.
having a stimulating effect on the appetite.
noun
3.
an aperient.
4.
an appetite stimulant.

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Aperitive is always a great word to know.
So is carpal. Does it mean:
any of the bones of the wrist.
the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium.
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Origin:
1575–85; < Medieval Latin aperitīvus, variant of Late Latin apertīvus, equivalent to Latin apert- (see aperture) + -īvus -ive
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