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INTESTINAL COLIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does intestinal colic mean?
• INTESTINAL COLIC (noun)
The noun INTESTINAL COLIC has 1 sense:
1. acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
Familiarity information: INTESTINAL COLIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
colic; gripes; griping; intestinal colic
Hypernyms ("intestinal colic" is a kind of...):
hurting; pain (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intestinal colic"):
lead colic; painter's colic (symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation)
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