Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
COLICS
Noun
colics
plural of colic
Source: Wiktionary
COLIC
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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