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Vinony

colic

noun

  1. form of pain
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.ɪk/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective).

  1. Relating to the colon; colonic.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective).

  1. Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

    “Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.”

  2. Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
  3. A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.