colic
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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
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
Horses that can’t stand are at increased risk for complications such as pressure sores, colic and pneumonia.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
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
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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
To these, in the end, may be added, loss of appetite, paleness, emaciation, weakness, cough, and consumption; or colics, worms, and convulsions.
From The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
"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 Fitzwater Wray
His disciple St. Limneus was famous for miraculous cures of the sick, while he himself bore patiently the sharpest colics and other distempers without any human succor.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
When the active cause has been irritant plants, abdominal tenderness, colics, and other signs of bowel inflammation are marked features.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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