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colic

[kol-ik] / ˈkɒl ɪk /


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Children of mothers with untreated depression had a higher risk of developing digestive conditions, including nausea and vomiting, functional constipation, colic, and irritable bowel syndrome.

From Science Daily Mar. 17, 2026

The neighbor who tries to one-up your saga of seizures with a story about her son’s colic.

From Slate Jan. 28, 2024

Horses that can’t stand are at increased risk for complications such as pressure sores, colic and pneumonia.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2023

The Times excludes deaths due to colic, laminitis, neurological or other issues unless directly tied to racing or training.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2023

It could cure burns, sores, piles, colic in babies, bleeding dysentery and even rheumatism.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

My daughter had colics and my husband and I worked it out without any of these ridicules expensive whatever they are....

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2018

If a family or two get hold of some ill-conditioned meat, and suffer for it, the groans of their colics are echoed all over the land.

From Parks for the People Proceedings of a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall, June 7, 1876 by Various

It is likewise of considerable efficacy in flatulent colics; and for promoting all the fluid secretions in either sex.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

As they marched through the heat and dust of that June day, many succumbed to the temptations and paid for their appetites with inordinately violent colics that night.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Gibbons, Floyd

And therefore phlegm and colics make a man A most indecent guest.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac



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