colic
noun/ˈkɒlɪk/
/ˈkɑːlɪk/
[uncountable]- severe pain in the stomach and bowels, suffered especially by babiesTopics Health problemsc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- biliary
- renal
- infantile
- …
- attack
- bout
- have
- suffer from
- develop
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French colique, from late Latin colicus, from colon from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’.Definitions on the go
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