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Meaning of Colic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈkɒl.ɪk

Definitions

Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
countable, uncountable
Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
countable, uncountable
A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية المغص قولنج مغص

Bosanski грч колики

Català còlic

Čeština kolika

Deutsch Kolik

Español cólico

Suomi ähky koliikki paksusuolen

Français colique

Gaeilge aileacó coiliceam treighid

Galego cólico torzón

हिन्दी ऐंठन

Hrvatski грч колики

Bahasa Indonesia kolik

Íslenska kveisa

Italiano colica

日本語疝気

Kurdî kolik

Latina colon convolvulus tormina torsio

Te Reo Māori haku

Македонски грч колика колики

Nederlands koliek

Polski kolka

Português cólica cólico

Русский колика колики резь

Српски грч колики

Svenska kolik

தமிழ் வயிற்றுவலி

Tagalog apad

Türkçe kolik

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

Mastery
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Meaning of Colic | Babel Free

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