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col·ic

(kŏl′ĭk)

1. Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distension of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines.

2. A condition of unknown cause seen in infants less than three months old, marked by periods of inconsolable crying lasting for hours at a time for at least three weeks.

adj. (also kō′lĭk)

Of, relating to, or affecting the colon.

[Middle English colik, affecting the colon, colic, from Old French colique, from Latin cōlica (passiō), (suffering) of the colon, feminine of cōlicus, from Greek kōlikos, from kolon, kōlon, colon.]

col′ick·y (kŏl′ĭ-kē) adj.

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colicky

(ˈkɒlɪkɪ)

adj

(Pathology) relating to or suffering from colic

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Adj. 1. colicky - suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal

flatulent, gassy

unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

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colicky

[ˈkɔlɪkɪ] ADJ [baby] → que padece de cólicos ; [pain] → de cólico
to be colicky → tener un cólico

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colicky

[ˈkɒlɪki] adj [baby] → qui souffre de coliques ; [pain] → dû(e) à des coliques
to be colicky [baby] → souffrir de coliques

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colicky

[ˈkɒlɪkɪ] adj → che soffre di coliche

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

col·ick·y

a. rel. al cólico.

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Whenever he had a touch of his old colicky gout, he said it did him more good than any thing else in the world.

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They had borrowed a melodeum -- a sick one; and when everything was ready a young woman set down and worked it, and it was pretty skreeky and colicky, and everybody joined in and sung, and Peter was the only one that had a good thing, according to my notion.

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This time he thought he could detect colicky symptoms, and he began to encourage them with considerable hope.

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