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Definition of colic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

colic

noun
 
/ˈkɒlɪk/
 
/ˈkɑːlɪk/
 [uncountable]
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  1. severe pain in the stomach and bowels, suffered especially by babiesTopics Health problemsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • biliary
    • renal
    • infantile
    • …
    … of colic
    • attack
    • bout
    verb + colic
    • have
    • suffer from
    • develop
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French colique, from late Latin colicus, from colon from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’.
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