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Definition of: colic
(kol′ik) noun
Acute spasmodic pain in the bowels.
—adjective
1. Pertaining to, near, or affecting the bowels.
2. Pertaining to or like colic. [<F colique <L colicus sick with colic <Gk. kōlikos <kolon colon]
—col′ick·y adjective
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