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Colic

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col=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

Colicn. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, Gr. , fr. , , the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon.].
     A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.  [1913 Webster]
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.
Colica. 
  •  Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Colic, n. a severe spasmodic abdominal pain.

Derivative
colicky adj.
Etymology
ME f. F colique f. LL colicus: see COLON(2)

THESAURUS

Colic

abscess, ache, aching, ague, anemia, angina, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bellyache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, cardialgia, cephalalgia, chill, chills, cholera morbus, collywobbles, constipation, convulsion, costiveness, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, earache, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, fret, gnawing, gripe, gripes, growth, gut-ache, headache, heartburn, hemicrania, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, irregularity, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, lientery, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, megrim, migraine, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, obstipation, odontalgia, otalgia, pain, paralysis, pruritus, pyrosis, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, shock, sick headache, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, splitting headache, stomachache, tabes, tachycardia, throbbing pain, toothache, trots, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting

ROGET THESAURUS

Colic

Physical Pain

N physical pain, pain, suffering, sufferance, suffrance, bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain, mental suffering, dolour, ache, aching, smart, shoot, shooting, twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris, hurt, cut, sore, soreness, discomfort, malaise, cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica, tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis, spasm, cramp, nightmare, ephialtes, crick, stitch, thrill, convulsion, throe, throb, pang, colic, kink, sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain, excruciating pain, anguish, agony, torment, torture, rack, cruciation, crucifixion, martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection, in pain, in a state of pain, pained, gouty, podagric, torminous, painful, aching, sore, raw, Special Sensation (1) Touch.


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