colic | meaning of colic in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Illness & disabilitycoliccol‧ic /ˈkɒlɪk $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [uncountable]    if a baby has colic, it has severe pain in its stomach and bowels —colicky adjectiveExamples from the Corpuscolic• At the same time they were renovating their new home-and the baby had colic.• The baby never has colic, thrush, diaper rash, infant acne, or cradle cap.• Over the next week his medical interest was engaged by reading the passages from the baby book on colic.Origin colic (1400-1500) French colique, from Latin colicus “colicky”, from Greek, from kolon; → COLON