Definitions for colics

colics col·ic

Spelling: [kol-ik]
IPA: /ˈkɒl ɪk/

Colics is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in colics (ccilos).

Definitions for colics

noun

  1. paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or affecting the colon or the bowels.

Origin of colics

1400-50; late Middle English colike (Middle French colique) Latin colica (passiō) (suffering) of the colon Greek kolikós, equivalent to kól(on) colon2 + -

Examples for colics

Catherine declared that he died of colic "with the blood flying to the brains."

The pain of colic is relieved by gentle pressure and gentle rubbing.

And in my first memory, I am a toddler kneading that taut skin, easing my colic into sleep.

And sometimes I have sharp pains in the stomach, as if I had the colic.

But college is not like some sort of all-purpose herbal supplement that cures bunions and also colic; it teaches specific skills.

Tell him to give you something for colic—the result of vegetable poisoning.

He had been fed with hot bread that he might suffer from colic.

It may follow an attack of colic or accompany any acute illness.

And neither is paregoric to be administered wholesale for colic.

He's as old as old what's-his-name who ate grass and died of a colic, in the Bible.

Word Value for colics
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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