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colic

Spasmodic attack of pain in the abdomen, usually coming in waves. Colicky pains are caused by the painful muscular contraction and subsequent distension of a hollow organ; for example, the bowels, gall bladder (biliary colic), or ureter (renal colic).

Intestinal colic is due to partial or complete blockage of the intestine, or constipation; infantile colic is usually due to wind in the intestine.



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I would e'en take it for sublime, did I not know that the colic is a noisy malady.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
This spite increased still more when, on calling over the roll of prisoners, it was found that in the bustle of leaving Moscow one Russian soldier, who had pretended to suffer from colic, had escaped.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
All this night I had no sleep; but the hunger was now turned into a disease; and I had a terrible colic and griping, by wind instead of food having found its way into the bowels; and in this condition I lay till morning, when I was surprised by the cries and lamentations of my young master, who called out to me that his mother was dead.
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
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