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col⋅ic

  [kol-ik] Pathology, Veterinary Pathology
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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) colon 2 + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
col⋅ick⋅y, adjective
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col·ic   (kŏl'ĭk)   
n.  

  1. Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distention of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1col·ic
Pronunciation: 'käl-ik
Function: noun
: a paroxysm of acute abdominal pain localized in a hollow organ and oftencaused by spasm, obstruction, or twisting

Main Entry: 2colic
Function: adjective
: of or relating to colic : COLICKY<colic crying>

Main Entry: 3co·lic
Pronunciation: 'kO-lik, 'käl-ik
Function: adjective
: of or relating to the colon <colic lymph nodes>
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colic col·ic (kŏl'ĭk)
n.

  1. Spasmodic pains in the abdomen.

  2. Paroxysms of pain with crying and irritability in young infants, due to a variety of causes, such as swallowing air, emotional upset, or overfeeding.

adj. (kō'lĭk)
Relating to the colon.

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