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–noun

1.	paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.

–adjective

2.	pertaining to or affecting the colon or the bowels.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME colike (< MF colique) < L colica (passiō) (suffering) of the colon < Gk kolikós, equiv. to kól(on) colon² + -ikos -ic

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—Related forms

col·ick·y, adjective

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col·ic Audio Help (kŏl'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.

Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distention of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines.
A condition of unknown cause seen in infants less than three months old, marked by periods of inconsolable crying lasting for hours at a time for at least three weeks.

adj. also (kō'lĭk)
Of, relating to, or affecting the colon.

[Middle English colik, affecting the colon, colic, from Old French colique, from Latin cōlica (passiō), (suffering) of the colon, feminine of cōlicus, from Greek kōlikos, from kolon, kōlon, colon.]

col'ick·y (kŏl'ĭ-kē) adj.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
colic

c.1421, from L.L. colicus "pertaining to colic," from Gk. kolikos, belonging to the kolon "lower intestine" (see colon).

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colic
noun
acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

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colic [ˈkolik] noun

severe pain in the abdomen

Arabic:	مَغْص
Chinese (Simplified):	腹痛, 绞痛, 疝气
Chinese (Traditional):	腹絞痛
Czech:	kolika
Danish:	mavekneb; kolik
Dutch:	koliek
Estonian:	koolik
Finnish:	koliikki
French:	colique(s)
German:	die Kolik
Greek:	κολικός
Hungarian:	bélgörcs
Icelandic:	magakrampi
Indonesian:	mulas
Italian:	colica

Japanese:	激しい腹痛
Korean:	복통
Latvian:	kolikas; graizes
Lithuanian:	diegliai
Norwegian:	kolikk, mageknip
Polish:	kolka
Portuguese (Brazil):	cólica
Portuguese (Portugal):	cólica
Romanian:	colică
Russian:	колика
Slovak:	kolika
Slovenian:	kolika
Spanish:	cólico
Swedish:	kolik
Turkish:	karın ağrısı

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colic Audio Help (kŏl'ĭk) Pronunciation Key

Severe abdominal pain, often caused by spasm, obstruction, or distention of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines.
A condition seen in infants less than three months old, marked by periods of inconsolable crying lasting for hours at a time for at least three weeks. The cause is unknown.

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Colic

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.

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Colic

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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