Definition of colic

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

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Proscolices :: Proscolices (pl. ) of Proscole.
Enteralgia :: Enteralgia (n.) Pain in the intestines; colic.
Ileocolic :: Ileocolic (a.) Pertaining to the ileum and colon; as, the ileocolic, or ileocaecal, valve, a valve where the ileum opens into the large intestine..
Carminative :: Carminative (n.) A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence..
Colicky :: Colicky (a.) Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder..
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..
Antiscolic :: Antiscolic (a.) Anthelmintic.
Bellyache :: Bellyache (n.) Pain in the bowels; colic.
Glycolyl :: Glycolyl (n.) A divalent, compound radical, CO.CH2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds..
Rachialgia :: Rachialgia (n.) A painful affection of the spine; especially, Pott's disease; also, formerly, lead colic..
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..
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..
Colic :: Colic (a.) Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.
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..
Oxyacetic :: Oxyacetic (a.) Hydroxyacetic; designating an acid called also glycolic acid.
Blackroot :: Blackroot (n.) See Colicroot.
Mulligrubs :: Mulligrubs (n.) A griping of the intestines; colic.
Volvulus :: Volvulus (n.) The spasmodic contraction of the intestines which causes colic.
Retinaculum :: Retinaculum (n.) A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves..
Bucolical :: Bucolical (a.) Bucolic.
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