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colic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• kŏlĭk
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒl.ɪk/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to the colon; colonic.

Forms

Deriveds

supracolic · phrenicocolic · gastrocolic · retrocolic · splenocolic · hepatocolic · pericolic · paracolic · ileocolic · mesocolic · epicolic · colic weed · nephrocolic · cecocolic · intracolic · colicroot · infracolic · colicwood · colical · isocolic

Translations (5)

pt cólico (relating to the colon) · fr colique (relating to the colon) · fi paksusuoli- (relating to the colon) · fi paksusuolen (relating to the colon) · sh količki (relating to the colon)

colic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• kŏlĭk
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒl.ɪk/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
   • Near-synonyms: cramps, stomachache
2. (countable, uncountable) Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
3. (countable, uncountable) A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.

Forms

Deriveds

baby colic · red colic · stone colic · colicky · miss-meal colic · Devon colic · colic valve · painter's colic · lead colic · gold colic · black colic

Synonyms

colonalgia · stomachache · cramps

Translations (49)

ta வயிற்றுவலி (abdominal pain) · sh ко̀лике (abdominal pain) · ar قَوْلِنْج (abdominal pain) · id kolik (abdominal pain) · ga treighid (abdominal pain) · mk ко́лика (abdominal pain) · tr kolik (abdominal pain) · ar مَغْص (abdominal pain) · la tormina (abdominal pain) · wyi jarren-nen (abdominal pain) · ar قُولَنْج (abdominal pain) · ru ко́лика (abdominal pain) · mi haku (abdominal pain) · es cólico (abdominal pain) · mi kōrangaranga (abdominal pain) · uk ко́ліка (abdominal pain) · fa کولنج (abdominal pain) · sh gȑč (abdominal pain) · ru резь (abdominal pain) · pl kolka (abdominal pain) · sv kolik (abdominal pain) · bg ко́лика (abdominal pain) · ru ко́лики (abdominal pain) · de Kolik (abdominal pain) · gl cólico (abdominal pain) · sh kòlike (abdominal pain) · grc στρόφος (abdominal pain) · tl apad (abdominal pain) · ja 疝気 (abdominal pain) · nl koliek (abdominal pain) · is magakveisa (abdominal pain) · mk ко́лики (abdominal pain) · mk грч (abdominal pain) · pt cólica (abdominal pain) · fa قولنج (abdominal pain) · cs kolika (abdominal pain) · ga aileacó (abdominal pain) · fr colique (abdominal pain) · ga coiliceam (abdominal pain) · bg ко́лики (abdominal pain) · is kveisa (abdominal pain) · ca còlic (abdominal pain) · uk ко́лька (abdominal pain) · mi kōngarangara (abdominal pain) · gl torzón (abdominal pain) · sh гр̏ч (abdominal pain) · fi koliikki (abdominal pain) · mi pohopiri (abdominal pain) · it colica (abdominal pain)