colic
IPA: kˈɑɫɪk
noun
- (pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
- Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
- A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
adjective
- Relating to the colon; colonic.
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Examples of "colic" in Sentences
- Pathophysiology of equine colic.
- Colic branch of ileocolic artery.
- Infant colic and maternal depression.
- This is a common place for impaction colic.
- Changing our understanding of infant colic.
- The situation for dizziness and colic is similar.
- The right colic flexure is adjacent to the liver.
- There is no commonly accepted explanation for colic.
- An impaction may be a cause of colic; see horse colic.
- I think that Infantile colic should be a simple redirect to Baby colic.