Get to know Colic better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like gripes or griping.
Colic meaning
- Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).
- Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.
- A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
Using Colic
- The main meaning on this page is: Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems). | Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions. | A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.
- Useful related words include: intestinal colic, gripes, griping, pain.
- In the example corpus, colic often appears in combinations such as: reduce colic, of colic, renal colic.
Context around Colic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Colic
- In this selection, "colic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reduce, renal, tried, makes, wind and horses stand out and add context to how "colic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as renal colic and typically and assessment of colic horses. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "colic" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with colic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He tends to get colic if my diet goes off-track. (11 words)
Gripe water is a liquid solution that may reduce colic symptoms. (11 words)
The book contains chapters on causes, diagnostic procedures and pre-surgical assessment of colic horses. (15 words)
Colic found that therapeutic conversations could reduce the distressing content of dreams, while understandings about life—and even characters—from lucid dreams could be applied to their lives with marked therapeutic benefits. (32 words)
Each year, over 2 million people visit U.S. emergency departments for suspected renal colic, which typically causes intense flank or abdominal pain due to kidney stones blocking the urinary track. (31 words)
She said the only problem they could recall with Holley was that her husband, a veterinarian, had been unable to save Holley’s horse from colic during the summer. (29 words)
Example sentences (14)
Further, the reduced risk of health problems such as colic makes it a valuable addition to any horse owner’s toolkit.
Randy ended up passing on it because his son really did have colic at the time.
Philips Avent Newborn Starter Set, Designed to Reduce Colic, Wind and Reflux – was: £45.99, now: £26.
Studies show up to 65% of new Parents visited the hospital at least once because of Colic.
The book contains chapters on causes, diagnostic procedures and pre-surgical assessment of colic horses.
Cut out dairy, tried colic calm, he doesn’t spit up so prob not reflex.
Each year, over 2 million people visit U.S. emergency departments for suspected renal colic, which typically causes intense flank or abdominal pain due to kidney stones blocking the urinary track.
He tends to get colic if my diet goes off-track.
Gripe water is a liquid solution that may reduce colic symptoms.
She said the only problem they could recall with Holley was that her husband, a veterinarian, had been unable to save Holley’s horse from colic during the summer.
Some people find that noises that mimic the sounds babies hear inside the womb can help soothe and calm babies who are crying from colic.
Colic found that therapeutic conversations could reduce the distressing content of dreams, while understandings about life—and even characters—from lucid dreams could be applied to their lives with marked therapeutic benefits.
He had been taken ill with biliary colic during the Warsaw Pact summit and flown home to East Berlin.
This pain is often known as renal colic and typically comes in waves lasting 20 to 60 minutes.
Common combinations with colic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- reduce colic 2×
- of colic 2×
- renal colic 2×
- from colic 2×
- colic during 2×