COLIC

colic, intestinal colic, gripes, griping

(noun) acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

colic (countable and uncountable, plural colics)

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

A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.

Adjective

colic (not comparable)

Relating to the colon; colonic.

Source: Wiktionary

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Col"ic, n. Etym: [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. Colon.] (Med.)

Definition: 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.

Col"ic, a.

1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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