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Meaning of Colic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈkɒl.ɪk

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية المغص قولنج مغص
Bosanski грч
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
Bahasa Indonesia kolik
Íslenska kveisa
Italiano colica
日本語 疝気
Kurdî kolik
Latina tormina
Te Reo Māori haku
Македонски грч колика колики
Nederlands koliek
Polski kolka
Português cólica cólico
Русский колика колики резь
Српски грч
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

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

colic valve colic weed colica pictonum colicense colichemarde colicin

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