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/ˈkɒl.ɪk/ · noun
(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems)..
Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.
Use colic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Colic means (pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems)..
Common synonyms include intestinal colic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.
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