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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

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

According to the University of Minnesota, horses and other equines are naturally prone to colic.

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

There lives my old friend Doctor St. Martin, a gentle, learned man, a Cajun who has lifted babies and cured colic among the shell- heap Cajuns for miles around.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

"Ah, that's a dirty business—fever, vomiting, colics; old man, I was ill with that lot!"

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Wray, Fitzwater

L. E. D.—These are in the number of the four greater hot seeds; and frequently employed as a stomachic and carminative in flatulent colics, and the like.

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

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

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

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 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley



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