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colicky

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col·ic  (klk)
n.
Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distention of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines. Often a condition of early infancy, colic is marked by chronic irritability and crying.
adj. also (klk)
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 (kl-k) adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.colicky - suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
Translations
Spanish colicky [ˈkɔlɪkɪ] adj to be colicky → tener un cólico
French colicky [ˈkɔlɪkɪ] adjqui souffre de coliques
German colicky [ˈkɔlɪkɪ] adj to be colicky → Kolik f or Leibschmerzen pl haben
Italian colicky [ˈkɔlɪkɪ] adjche soffre di coliche

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Whenever he had a touch of his old colicky gout, he said it did him more good than any thing else in the world.
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.
This time he thought he could detect colicky symptoms, and he began to encourage them with considerable hope.
 
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