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Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.

Gastrocolic :: Gastrocolic (a.) Pertaining to both the stomach and the colon; as, the gastrocolic, or great, omentum..

Bucolic :: Bucolic (a.) Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Colicroot :: Colicroot (n.) A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root..

Bucolic :: Bucolic (n.) A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil..

Gastro- :: Gastro- () A combining form from the Gr. /, /, the stomach, or belly; as in gastrocolic, gastrocele, gastrotomy..

Glycolyl :: Glycolyl (n.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds..

Enteralgia :: Enteralgia (n.) Pain in the intestines; colic.

Oxyacetic :: Oxyacetic (a.) Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.

Bucolical :: Bucolical (a.) Bucolic.

Colic :: Colic (a.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries..

Antiscolic :: Antiscolic (a.) Anthelmintic.

Trichoscolices :: Trichoscolices (n. pl.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.

Glycolide :: Glycolide (n.) A white amorphous powder, C4H4O, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid..

Tormina :: Tormina (n. pl.) acute, colicky pains; gripes..

Intracolic :: Intracolic (a.) Within the colon; as, the intracolic valve..

Valve :: Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves..

Eclogue :: Eclogue (n.) A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established..

Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves..

Epicolic :: Epicolic (a.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.

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