colic
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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
Eli had been lying down for hours in his stall yesterday in Trabuco Canyon, unable to stand and suffering from painful colic that would have been fatal if he remained down too long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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
“The baby got the colic and passed right after we got here. It’s just me and Thomas right now. Were getting by, barely.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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
She was afflicted with long and severe colics and other pains, which she suffered with an admirable resignation and joy.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
So we find founders, congestive colics, and staggers more frequent in summer than in winter.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Suddenly, as he was beginning to grow discouraged, he had an inspiration one day, when he was giving a lady suffering from hepatic colics an injection of morphine with the little syringe of Pravaz.
From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)
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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