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colic

/ˈkɒl.ɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
col-ic
IPA
/ˈkɒl.ɪk/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Relating to the colon; colonic.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adjective).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: colique, κωλικός

Usage

Inflected Forms

colics (plural) cholick (alternative, archaic) cholic (alternative, archaic)

Derived Forms

colicky cecocolic colical colicroot colicwood epicolic gastrocolic hepatocolic ileocolic infracolic intracolic isocolic

Phrases

baby colic black colic colic valve Devon colic gold colic lead colic miss-meal colic painter's colic

Synonyms

colonalgia cramps stomachache intestinal colic gripes griping

Rhymes With

alcoholic symbolic hydraulic metabolic hyperbolic parabolic anabolic systolic frolic diastolic bucolic shambolic

Questions

How do you pronounce colic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɒl.ɪk/.
What does colic mean?
Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
Where does colic come from?
It is traced to French.

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