Colic is an illness in which you get severe pains in your stomach and bowels. Babies especially suffer from colic. if a baby has colic, it has severe pain in its stomach and bowels (colique, from colicus , from , from kolon; COLON). Any sudden, violent pain, especially that produced by contraction of the muscular walls of a hollow organ whose opening is partly or completely blocked. In infants, intestinal colic is characterized by drawing up of the legs, restlessness, and constant crying. Colic may accompany enteritis (intestinal inflammation) or an intestinal tumour, as well as certain forms of influenza. Colic caused by spastic bowel contractions is common in lead poisoning. Treatment, aimed at symptom relief, often includes use of a muscle relaxant
spasm, obstruction, or twisting in any hollow or tubular soft organ accompanied by pain
sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin; associated with the passage of a renal calculus through the ureter
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Definition of colic in Turkish English dictionary
(Tıp) Barsaklardaki kas spazmlarının neden olduğu Karın ağrıları saldırısı. Kolik çocuklarda yaygındır
colic
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col·ic
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Etymology
() From the French adjective, colique, which referred to the lower part of the intestinal cavity.
Prior to that it comes from the Latin, coliculus and earlier from Greek, kolik-os with the same meaning.