n. [ F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon. ] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hepatic colic,
Intestinal colic,
Ordinary colic
Lead colic,
Painter's colic
Renal colic,
Wind colic.
a.
a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic;
n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and Aletris aurea). Called sometimes
n. [ F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas. ] (Zool.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of birds including the New World quail and the bobwhites.
n. [ NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum. ] The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + -itis. ] (Med.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis. [ 1913 Webster ]