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Definition of colic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

colic

noun

/ˈkɒlɪk/

/ˈkɑːlɪk/

[uncountable]

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severe pain in the stomach and bowels, suffered especially by babiesTopics Health problemsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- biliary
- renal
- infantile
- …
… of colic
- attack
- bout
verb + colic
- have
- suffer from
- develop
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French colique, from late Latin colicus, from colon from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’.

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