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

Colic :: Colic (a.) Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.

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

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..

Colicky :: Colicky (a.) Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder..

Antiscolic :: Antiscolic (a.) Anthelmintic.

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

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..

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

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

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

Mandelic :: Mandelic (a.) Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also phenyl glycolic acid..

Bucolical :: Bucolical (a.) Bucolic.

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..

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

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

Rachialgia :: Rachialgia (n.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic..

Colic :: Colic (n.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera..

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

Glycolic :: Glycolic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid..

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