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col·ic
(kŏl′ĭk)n.
1. Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distension of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines.
2. A condition of unknown cause seen in infants less than three months old, marked by periods of inconsolable crying lasting for hours at a time for at least three weeks.
adj. (also kō′lĭk)
Of, relating to, or affecting the colon.
[Middle English colik, affecting the colon, colic, from Old French colique, from Latin cōlica (passiō), (suffering) of the colon, feminine of cōlicus, from Greek kōlikos, from kolon, kōlon, colon.]
col′ick·y (kŏl′ĭ-kē) adj.
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colic
(ˈkɒlɪk)n
(Pathology) a condition characterized by acute spasmodic abdominal pain, esp that caused by inflammation, distention, etc, of the gastrointestinal tract
[C15: from Old French colique, from Late Latin cōlicus ill with colic, from Greek kōlon, variant of kolon colon2]
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col•ic
(ˈkɒl ɪk)n.
1. paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
2. a condition in young infants characterized by loud and prolonged crying, for which no physiological or other cause has been found.
adj. 3. pertaining to or affecting the colon or the bowels.
[1400–50; late Middle English colike (< Middle French colique) < Latin colica (passiō) (suffering) of the colon < Greek kolikós=kól(on) colon2 + -ikos -ic]
col′ick•y, adj.
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colic
Abdominal pain caused by temporary intestinal obstruction.
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مَغْص
kolika
kolikmavekneb
koliikki
bélgörcs
magakrampi
diegliai
graizeskolikas
kolika
karın ağrısı
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colic
n → Kolik f
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colic
(ˈkolik) noun severe pain in the abdomen.
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col·ic
n. cólico, dolor espasmódico abdominal agudo.
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colic
n (ped) cólico (frec. pl); (surg) cólicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.