colic
noun
a common, temporary condition in which a baby who is otherwise healthy cries repeatedly, excessively, and inconsolably, without apparent cause.
colics
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pluralof colic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
If a family or two get hold of some ill-conditioned meat, and suffer for it, the groans of their colics are echoed all over the land.
From Parks for the People Proceedings of a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall, June 7, 1876 by Various
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 William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
The first, in date, in her affections had been a green parrot, which, having been so imprudent as to eat some parsley, fell a victim to frightful colics.
From The Story of a Cat by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
He cites many cases of renal and hepatic colics, diabetes, migraine, etc., which, although rebellious to all other treatments for years, soon yielded to the green coffee infusion.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by Louis Philippe McCarty
