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Colic

Colic Meaning & Definition
Colic Definition And Meaning

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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