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colic

[kol-ik] / ˈkɒl ɪk /


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Former Grand National winner Noble Yeats has died aged 11 following a bout of colic.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

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

Yuko Miyahara, a representative for Urara’s longtime care facility Matha Farm in the southeast Chiba prefecture of Japan, confirmed to Japanese outlet Friday Digital that the animal athlete died early Tuesday of colic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

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

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2024

For example, we say a baby with colic is colicky.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

When I have headaches and colics I envy the scullerymaids.

From Great Catherine by Bernard Shaw

Among them there is never gout in the hands or feet, no catarrh, nor sciatica, nor grievous colics, nor flatulency, nor hard breathing.

From Ideal Commonwealths by Sir Saint Thomas More

Ah! just my case when I pined for my poor dear Dolly! when she used to have her daily colics, and her little doctor be sent for.

From St. Patrick's day, or, the scheming lieutenant : a farce in one act by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Not only were there many cases of severe angina, but other forms of neuralgia, and severe colics, were observed in others of the crew.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie


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