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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Colic \Col"ic\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

    2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Colic \Col"ic\, n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, Gr. ?, fr. ?, ?, the colon. The disease is so named from its being seated in or near the colon. See Colon.] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. [1913 Webster]

    Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct.

    Intestinal colic, or Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas.

    Lead colic, Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning.

    Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter.

    Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above. [1913 Webster]