colics
- plural of colic.
Example Sentences
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My daughter had colics and my husband and I worked it out without any of these ridicules expensive whatever they are....
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018
Suddenly, as he was beginning to grow discouraged, he had an inspiration one day, when he was giving a lady suffering from hepatic colics an injection of morphine with the little syringe of Pravaz.
From Doctor Pascal by Serrano, Mary J. (Mary Jane)
His disciple St. Limneus was famous for miraculous cures of the sick, while he himself bore patiently the sharpest colics and other distempers without any human succor.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
To these, in the end, may be added, loss of appetite, paleness, emaciation, weakness, cough, and consumption; or colics, worms, and convulsions.
From The Young Mother Management of Children in Regard to Health by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
L. E. D.—These are in the number of the four greater hot seeds; and frequently employed as a stomachic and carminative in flatulent colics, and the like.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
