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COLIC

English dictionary: Word overview

COLIC (noun)
  The noun COLIC has 1 sense:

1. acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

  Familiarity information: COLIC used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


COLIC (noun)


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Meaning:

Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

colic; gripes; griping; intestinal colic

Hypernyms ("colic" is a kind of...):

hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colic"):

lead colic; painter's colic (symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation)


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