Colic

What do we mean by colic?

Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distension of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines. noun

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. noun

Of, relating to, or affecting the colon. adjective

In pathology, severe spasms of pain in the abdomen or bowels; specifically, spasms of pain arising from perverted and excessive peristaltic contractions. noun

In anatomy, pertaining to the colon or large intestine: as, a colic artery.

Affecting the bowels.

Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. adjective

Of or pertaining to the colon. adjective

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

The severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. noun

Pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. noun

A violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. noun

The severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. noun

See Intestinal colic, above. noun

Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems). noun

A medicinal plant used to relieve one of such symptoms. noun

Relating to the colon; colonic. adjective

Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants) noun

Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.

Words that are spelled similarly to colic:
colic, calic, comic, coli, conic, colin, folic, holic, clic, eolic, cholic, olic, cogic, cotic, colis, coic, coloc, copic, cosic, colac, cilic.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word colic:
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Words that rhyme with colic:
holic, polak, frohlich, froelich, froehlich, bolek, dolak, golec, smolik, sobolik, solak, wolak, zoellick, podolak, buffalo lick, holik, krolak, margolick, no luck, ole luk, smolak, sokolik.

Adjectives that are often used to describe colic:
renal, intestinal, severe, flatulent, hepatic, abdominal, biliary, infantile, violent, right, ureteral, bilious, lead, left, acute, spasmodic, middle, ureteric, nephritic, infant, mucous, uterine, typical, menstrual, recurrent, true, appendicular, simple, slight, intermittent, ordinary, called, mild, painful, month, nervous, intense, terrible, ileocolic, chronic, bladder, gastric, gall, windy, habitual, equine, appendiceal, pancreatic, gastrointestinal, frequent, persistent, inflammatory, hemorrhoidal, occasional, ileo, uncomplicated, urinary, wind, saturnine, fatal, classic, agonizing, salivary, sided, spermatic, ovarian, suspected, haemorrhoidal, intestine, obstructive, umbilical, vesical.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective colic:
artery, flexure, pains, pain, arteries, fistula, vessels, ligament, branches, valve, omentum, junction, vein, reflex, anastomosis, symptoms, intussusception, root, sphincter, acid, veins, results, cases, syndrome, surgery, nodes, branch, attacks, fold, impression, pangs, flexures, fig, peisker, compartment, circle, glands, episodes, angle, signs, constipation, fossa, biliary, episode, colon, spasms, variety, abscess, fistulae, anastomoses, causes, remedy, remedies, medicine, cures, obstruction, stone, vomiting, mesentery, season, orifice, gutter, arches, cure, infants, babies, sir, fit, diarrhoea, opening, stools, acids, limb, affections, cries, hernia, segment, lig, segments, cramps, atropine, pedicle, isthmus.

Consonant match to colic:
cowlick, killick, killock, cowlike, colloq, kolek, call like, call luck, coal like, coal lock, coil like, collick, cow like, curl like, k like, kalok, keel like, key like, kollek, kurlak.

Words that sound like colic:
colic, cholic, cowlick, cow lick, killick, colac, keylock, click, colleague, choleric, klick, acholic, clic, clik, kolache, clich, klik, coloc, kralik, kowalik, key lock, kadlec, colog, colics, holic, gaelic, gallic, galic, gillick, eolic, gullick, golec, cluck, kala, cala, kluck, cleck, klak, cowlicks, calah, kolla, kleck, colbeck, clec, kluk, kolbeck, clock, college, cali, cloak, clique, comic, catholic, clack, celtic, collie, calc, kali, colledge, conic, colly, cloke, kahlua, claque, collet, kahlo, kellog, calyx, collis, cloc, colley, colling, calo, cliq, cleek, collett, collogue, cotic, colicky, carlock, calix, connick, calia, clac, calque, clake, callet, caique, calio, kelk, kalisz, kalika, collow, coic, cloque, cultic, claik, gillock, cogic, catholique.