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    Synonyms and Definitions

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    colic


    1. Stimulant, eases colic in the gut


    2. The wily priest always has a pre-selected victim named in the silent revelation; one who is either rich or unpopular, and though the dead man has probably died of colic and stomach-ache, the culprit may be put to death for witchcraft, or heavily fined, whichever is deemed expedient


    3. The CD changer had just replaced the Gypsy Kings with the Rolling Stones, when Caroline inserted, amid her continuous chatter about Brian Walston’s wonderful qualities and her trials and tribulations at having a troupe of prostitutes to herd, that the stable boy, Alfredo, had mentioned that a horse had died at sea of colic


    4. Colic, from our experience


    5. When we were first told that our baby had colic we panicked at


    6. “Likewise for sprains and muscles, add a bit of onions mixed with the fat of the black cat, rub it in; and for the colic; a great spoonful in the hour


    7. After my birth, I then developed high fevers with colic and was allergic


    8. “She’s got you so bewitched that one of these days I’m going to see you twisting around with colic and with a toad in your belly


    9. “He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic


    10. Abdominal colic is a gripping pain from abdominal cramps that come and go

    11. Colic is often associated with vomiting or diarrhea


    12. If the abdominal colic is followed by diarrhea, the colic will usually resolve itself


    13. Antispasmodics are drugs which relieve colic which is severe abdominal pain


    14. Colic is caused by spasm (contraction) of the smooth muscles of the hollow organs such as the intestines, stomach, gall bladder, urethra, and fallopian tubes


    15. These are mainly used in the treatment of abdominal colic, biliary colic (spasm of the bile duct), renal colic (spasm of the urinary tract) and menstrual pains (dysmenorrhoea)


    16. Besides relieving colic, antispasmodics also decrease secretions of the sweat glands, salivary glands as well as secretion of the gastric and digestive juices


    17. Colic is a common problem in infants in which the baby is healthy but has periods of


    18. What are the symptoms of colic?


    19. Colic may cause infants, typically less than four months old, to cry inconsolably


    20. Allergies may be responsible for colic in some infants

    21. As a result of this intervention, colic was dramatically (and statistically


    22. Carminatives are a class of herbs commonly used for infants with colic


    23. vervain, liquorice, fennel, and lemon balm has been shown to relieve colic more effectively than placebo


    24. seed oil relieved colic in 65% of cases, compared with 24% of infants receiving a


    25. Caraway, like chamomile and fennel, relieves intestinal cramping and, in this way, may ease symptoms of colic


    26. Several other gas-relieving herbs used in traditional medicine for colic are approved in


    27. treated with manipulation experienced a 67% reduction in daily hours of colic, compared


    28. After the fit, I suffered for a long time from eyes colic,


    29. Within a few moments, his discomfort increased till he became sure that he was afflicted with some sickness… then, suddenly, he felt overwhelming dizziness and nausea accompanied by a strong colic in his stomach


    30. The baby isn't crying because she has colic

    31. into a severe state of colic, but none the less it is


    32. long after that tobacco definitely shortens life, and that it causes colic, diarrhea, "ulcerations


    33. And when he read his paper of an evening, Demi's colic got into the shipping list and Daisy's fall affected the price of stocks, for Mrs


    34. There is nothing more heroic in being drowned very much against your will, off a holed, helpless, big tank in which you bought your passage, than in dying of colic caused by the imperfect salmon in the tin you bought from your grocer


    35. A wavering wildness of expression, caused by the passing spasms of a slight colic which had declared itself suddenly, and the rattling teeth of repressed panic, had a genuineness which impressed the envoy


    36. This spite increased still more when, on calling over the roll of prisoners, it was found that in the bustle of leaving Moscow one Russian soldier, who had pretended to suffer from colic, had escaped


    37. Moral: Love conquered by the colic


    38. But in time he was to learn that Uncle Leo XII, who was some ten y ears younger, continued to bring money to Tránsito Ariza, and was the one who took care of her after Pius V died of an untreated colic without leaving anything in writing and without the time to make any provisions for his only child: a child of the streets


    39. Martin, a gentle, learned man, a Cajun who has lifted babies and cured colic among the shell-heap Cajuns for miles around


    40. And as for babies, they never have anything more than colic

    41. She installed herself on a rug on the floor and covered herself with an old coat, but could not sleep because she had to get up every minute: Ivan Ilyitch had a terrible attack of colic


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    Synonyms for "colic"

    colic gripes griping intestinal colic

    "colic" definitions

    acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)