COLIC


Meaning of COLIC in English

■ noun severe pain in the abdomen caused by wind or obstruction in the intestines.

Derivatives

~ky adjective

Origin

ME: from OFr. colique , from late L. ~us , from colon (see colon 2 ).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.