colic

English

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Etymology

From the French adjective, colique, which referred to the lower part of the intestinal cavity. Prior to that it comes from the Latin, coliculus and earlier from Greek, kolik-os with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

Noun

colic (plural colics)

1. (pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel related problems).
2. A medicinal plant used to relieve one of such symptoms.

Translations

pain

• Arabic: مغص (ar) (maġṣ) m
• Bulgarian: колика (bg) (kólika) f , (usually plural) колики (bg) (kóliki) f pl 
• Czech: kolika (cs) f
• Finnish: akuutti vatsa (fi)
• French: colique (fr) f
• German: Kolik (de) f
• Icelandic: kveisa (is) f, magakveisa (is) f

• Italian: colica (it) f
• Russian: колика (ru) (kólika) f , (usually plural) колики (ru) (kóliki) f pl 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грч (sh) m, колике (sh) pl

  Roman: grč (sh) m, kolike (sh) pl

• Spanish: cólico (es) m

Derived terms

• colicky

Adjective

colic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the colon; colonic.

Translations

relating to the colon

• Finnish: paksusuoli-, paksusuolen

• Serbo-Croatian: količki (sh)