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colic

[kol-ik] / ˈkɒl ɪk /


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I was lucky to get to lean on the mothers on set and ask them questions like, “How does this feel when you’re breastfeeding? What is colic actually like? What are your hormones?”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 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

A mum whose baby daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour, after her symptoms were dismissed as colic and reflux for more than two months, is calling for better awareness of the condition.

From BBC Sep. 30, 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

She had her a baby girl with the colic and the only thing that stopped the hurting was to hold her.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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

The first, in date, in her affections had been a green parrot, which, having been so imprudent as to eat some parsley, fell a victim to frightful colics.

From The Story of a Cat by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

Intestinal obstruction, thrombo-embolic colics, unthriftiness and a weakened, anaemic condition may be caused by intestinal worms.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

Among them there is never gout in the hands or feet, nor catarrh, nor sciatica, nor grievous colics, nor flatulency, nor hard breathing.

From The City of the Sun by Campanella, Tommaso

They are principally recommended in female weaknesses, in hysteric disorders, and in flatulent colics.

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



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