English Explanatory Dictionary

colic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
  2. Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
  3. A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
adj
  1. Relating to the colon; colonic.

Pronunciation

kŏlĭk LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colic.wav /ˈkɒl.ɪk/

Word forms

colic colics cholick cholic

Etymology

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

Derived words

baby colic black colic colicky colic valve Devon colic gold colic lead colic miss-meal colic painter's colic red colic stone colic cecocolic colical colicroot colic weed colicwood epicolic gastrocolic hepatocolic ileocolic infracolic intracolic isocolic mesocolic nephrocolic paracolic pericolic phrenicocolic retrocolic splenocolic supracolic
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