Colic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colic \Col"ic\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. --Milton.
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     2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic
        arteries.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colic \Col"ic\, n. [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}.]
     (Med.)
     A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm,
     obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colic
       n : acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) [syn: {intestinal
           colic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  104 Moby Thesaurus words for "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