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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

A mum whose baby daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour, after her symptoms were dismissed as colic and reflux for more than two months, is calling for better awareness of the condition.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

Eli was experiencing life-threatening colic, the agency said on X. Station 18 stepped in when the mule’s owners were unable to get him to stand.

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

When I was a baby, my mother worried that I would die from colic and hunger.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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

"Ah, that's a dirty business—fever, vomiting, colics; old man, I was ill with that lot!"

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray

As they marched through the heat and dust of that June day, many succumbed to the temptations and paid for their appetites with inordinately violent colics that night.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons

Landanabileo has been quoted as using raw coffee infusion in hepatic and nephritic diseases, venal and hepatic colics, and in diabetes.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

When the active cause has been irritant plants, abdominal tenderness, colics, and other signs of bowel inflammation are marked features.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry


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