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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

I do not know its range at lethal setting, but I had not been far out of it, for I was doubled up like a baby with colic.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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 Alban Butler

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

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

He cites many cases of renal and hepatic colics, diabetes, migraine, etc., which, although rebellious to all other treatments for years, soon yielded to the green coffee infusion.

From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by Louis Philippe McCarty



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