colic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French colique. Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós, “suffering in the colon”, adj).

Pronunciation

enPR: kŏlĭk
IPA^(key): /ˈkɒl.ɪk/
Rhymes: -ɒlɪk

Noun

colic (countable and uncountable, plural colics)

(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.

Derived terms

colicky

Translations

abdominal pain

Arabic: مَغْص‎ m (maḡṣ), قُولَنْج‎ (qūlanj), قَوْلِنْج‎ m (qawlinj)
Bulgarian: ко́лика f (kólika), (usually plural) ко́лики f pl (kóliki)
Catalan: còlic (ca) m
Czech: kolika f
Finnish: koliikki (fi)
French: colique (fr) f
Galician: cólico m
German: Kolik (de) f
Icelandic: kveisa (is) f, magakveisa f
Irish: aileacó m, coiliceam m, treighid f
Italian: colica (it) f

Japanese: 疝気 (せんき, senki)
Latin: tormina (la) n pl
Maori: haku, kōngarangara, kōrangaranga, pohopiri
Persian: کولنج‎ (fa) (kolenj), قولنج‎ (fa) (qolenj)
Portuguese: cólica (pt) f
Russian: ко́лика (ru) f (kólika), (usually plural) ко́лики (ru) f pl (kóliki), резь (ru) f (rezʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гр̏ч m, ко̀лике pl

Roman: gȑč (sh) m, kòlike (sh) pl
Spanish: cólico (es) m
Tagalog: apad

Adjective

colic (not comparable)

Relating to the colon; colonic.

Translations

relating to the colon

Finnish: paksusuoli-, paksusuolen
French: colique (fr)

Portuguese: cólico
Serbo-Croatian: količki

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