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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

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

When I was a baby, my mother worried that I would die from colic and hunger.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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

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 William Salisbury

Sore eyes, and colics, are the most usual disorders among them.

From Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. by Patrick Maxwell

It has long been used by the Chinese in cases of headaches, lethargies, convulsions, colics, &c.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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



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