colonicadj.
Pronunciation:
Brit. /kəʊˈlɒnɪk/
, /kəˈlɒnɪk/
, U.S. /koʊˈlɑnɪk/
, /kəˈlɑnɪk/
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Of or pertaining to the colon; affecting the colon; colic.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [adjective] > colon
colic1615
colo-colic1903
colonic1906
pericolic1907
1906 Practitioner Dec. 812 The colonic distension and tympanites, associated with the colic.
1929 Doolin in Irish Jrnl. Med. Sci. Apr. 184 Colonic necrosis following the administration of avertin.
1936 Discovery Oct. 329/1 Colonic lavage which may be distinctly harmful if undertaken frequently.
1971 Times 27 Aug. 26/7 Colonic Irrigation-Enemas.
Draft additions 1997
(plural sometimes construed as singular ).
The use of colonic irrigation for therapeutic purposes. Also, an instance of this (esp. in high colonic).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > [adjective] > purged > colonic irrigation
high colonic1948
1948 Sat. Evening Post 24 Apr. 27/2 She stressed the necessity of using the genuine Arden product. If it fails, she suggests ‘a little enema’ and in stubborn cases, ‘ a high colonic’.
1981 V. Kulvinskas et al. Life in 21st Cent. iv. iv. 312 The topic of colonic irrigations is surrounded by much argument and controversy. There are some who claim that the colonics have great therapeutic value, and as might be suspected, others avoid its use and decry its value.
1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) xxxvii. 341 Western Man needs an occasional high colonic, a purging... And in this case, we've been given a super-enema.
1990 Daily Tel. 14 Aug. 13/4 Practitioner D'Ann Coburn, who came to colonics after doctors gave her three months to live, says: ‘Colonics enhances the immune system.’
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adj.1906