colicky

col·ic (k

1. Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distention of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines.

2. A condition of unknown cause seen in infants less than three months old, marked by periods of inconsolable crying lasting for hours at a time for at least three weeks.

adj. also (k

Of, relating to, or affecting the colon.

[Middle English colik, affecting the colon, colic, from Old French colique, from Latin clica (passi), (suffering) of the colon, feminine of clicus, from Greek klikos, from kolon, klon, colon.]

colick·y (k

-k

) adj.

colicky [ˈkɒlɪkɪ]

adj

(Medicine / Pathology) relating to or suffering from colic

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Adj.

colicky - suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal

flatulent, gassy

unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

Translations

colicky [ˈkɔlɪkɪ] ADJ [baby] → que padece de cólicos; [pain] → de cólico
to be colicky → tener un cólico

colicky [ˈkɒlɪki] adj [baby] → qui souffre de coliques; [pain] → dû(e) à des coliques
to be colicky [baby] → souffrir de coliques

colicky [ˈkɒlɪkɪ] adj → che soffre di coliche

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flatulent
gassy
Tormina

Whenever he had a touch of his old colicky gout, he said it did him more good than any thing else in the world.

Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context

They had borrowed a melodeum -- a sick one; and when everything was ready a young woman set down and worked it, and it was pretty skreeky and colicky, and everybody joined in and sung, and Peter was the only one that had a good thing, according to my notion.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context

This time he thought he could detect colicky symptoms, and he began to encourage them with considerable hope.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

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