colic
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See also: còlic
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adj).
Pronunciation
Noun
colic (countable and uncountable, plural colics)
- (pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
- c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; , quarto edition, London: P S for Andrew Wise, , published 1598, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.
- Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
- A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
Derived terms
Translations
abdominal pain
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Adjective
colic (not comparable)
Derived terms
Translations
relating to the colon
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Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
colic m or n (feminine singular colică, masculine plural colici, feminine and neuter plural colice)
- (anatomy, relational) colon; colic