colic
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Colic is intense and prolonged crying in an otherwise healthy infant, but the crying episodes typically resolve over time, without treatment, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2022
Colic is one of the most common causes of death in horses.
From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2015
Colic always precedes this, for the accident could not occur unless the bowel was in places spasmodically contracted.
From The Dog by Dinks
Colic Animal will be uneasy, gets up and lies down, and suffers much pain.
From Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry by Pratt Food Co.
And while Lowjatar was there, nine children were born to her, all horrible diseases, and she named them Colic, Fever, Plague, Pleurisy, Ulcer, Consumption, Gout, Sterility, and Cancer.
From Finnish Legends for English Children by Eivind, R.
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