Colic is an illness in which you get severe pains in your stomach and bowels. Babies especially suffer from colic.
The doctor said it was colic and that she would grow out of it.
colic in British English
(ˈkɒlɪk)
noun
a condition characterized by acute spasmodic abdominal pain, esp that caused by inflammation, distention, etc, of the gastrointestinal tract
Word origin
C15: from Old French colique, from Late Latin cōlicus ill with colic, from Greek kōlon, variant of koloncolon2
colic in American English
(ˈkɑlɪk)
noun
1.
acute abdominal pain caused by various abnormal conditions in the bowels
2.
a condition of infants characterized by frequent crying due to various discomforts
adjective
3.
of colic
4.
of or near the colon
Derived forms
colicky (ˈcolicky) (ˈkɑlɪki)
adjective
Word origin
ME colik < OFr colique < LL colicus, pertaining to colic, sick with colic < Gr kōlikos < kōlon, incorrect form for kolon, colon: from being seated in the colon and parts adjacent
Examples of 'colic' in a sentence
colic
She had never known colic, which had troubled Olivia so, and she was seldom stricken with so much as a cold.