colic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
    griping; intestinal colic; gripes.

WordNet

Col"ic noun
Etymology
F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. , fr. , , the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.
Col"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton.
  2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.

Webster 1913