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colic

[kol-ik] / ˈkɒl ɪk /


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Children of mothers with untreated depression had a higher risk of developing digestive conditions, including nausea and vomiting, functional constipation, colic, and irritable bowel syndrome.

From Science Daily Mar. 17, 2026

According to the University of Minnesota, horses and other equines are naturally prone to colic.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2025

The neighbor who tries to one-up your saga of seizures with a story about her son’s colic.

From Slate Jan. 28, 2024

Horses that can’t stand are at increased risk for complications such as pressure sores, colic and pneumonia.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2023

She had her a baby girl with the colic and the only thing that stopped the hurting was to hold her.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

My daughter had colics and my husband and I worked it out without any of these ridicules expensive whatever they are....

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2018

Suddenly, as he was beginning to grow discouraged, he had an inspiration one day, when he was giving a lady suffering from hepatic colics an injection of morphine with the little syringe of Pravaz.

From Doctor Pascal by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano

His disciple St. Limneus was famous for miraculous cures of the sick, while he himself bore patiently the sharpest colics and other distempers without any human succor.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler

In fact, frost-bitten peanut vines are harmful, rather than beneficial, to stock, often causing colics, and endangering the life of a valuable horse or mule.

From The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses by B. W. Jones

They are principally recommended in female weaknesses, in hysteric disorders, and in flatulent colics.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury



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