About The Word Colic
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Colic Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Colic?
[n] acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Colic: intestinal colic Related Terms | Find terms related to Colic: abscess | ache | aching | ague | anemia | angina | ankylosis | anoxia | apnea | asphyxiation | asthma | ataxia | atrophy | backache | bellyache | bleeding | blennorhea | cachexia | cachexy | cardialgia | cephalalgia | chill | chills | cholera morbus | collywobbles | constipation | convulsion | costiveness | coughing | cyanosis | diarrhea | dizziness | dropsy | dysentery | dyspepsia | dyspnea | earache | edema | emaciation | fainting | fatigue | fever | fibrillation | flux | fret | gnawing | gripe | gripes | growth | gut-ache | headache | heartburn | hemicrania | hemorrhage | high blood pressure | hydrops | hypertension | hypotension | icterus | indigestion | inflammation | insomnia | irregularity | itching | jaundice | labored breathing | lientery | low blood pressure | lumbago | marasmus | megrim | migraine | nasal discharge | nausea | necrosis | obstipation | odontalgia | otalgia | pain | paralysis | pruritus | pyrosis | rash | rheum | sclerosis | seizure | shock | sick headache | skin eruption | sneezing | sore | spasm | splitting headache | stomachache | tabes | tachycardia | throbbing pain | toothache | trots | tumor | upset stomach | vertigo | vomiting | wasting See Also | hurting | lead colic | pain | painter's colic Colic In Webster's Dictionary \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the
colic, GR. ?, fr. ?, ?, the colon. The disease is so named
from its being seated in or near the colon. See {Colon}.]
(Med.)
A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,
obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
{Hepatic colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a
gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile
duct.
{Intestinal colic}, or {Ordinary colic}, pain due to
distention of the intestines by gas.
{Lead colic}, {Painter's colic}, a violent form of intestinal
colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by
chronic lead poisoning.
{Renal colic}, the severe pain produced by the passage of a
calculus from the kidney through the ureter.
{Wind colic}. See {Intestinal colic}, above.
\Col"ic\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. --Milton. 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries. |
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