Part 2098

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Colic</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[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 <er>Colon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera.</def>

<cs><col>Hepatic colic</col>, <cd>the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Intestinal colic</col>, &or; <col>Ordinary colic</col></mcol>, <cd>pain due to distention of the intestines by gas.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Lead colic</col>, <col>Painter's colic</col></mcol>, <cd>a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning.</cd> -- <col>Renal colic</col>, <cd>the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter.</cd> -- <col>Wind colic</col>. <cd>See <cref>Intestinal colic</cref>, above.</cd></cs>

<h1>Colic</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the colon; <as>as, the <ex>colic</ex> arteries</as>.</def>

<h1>Colical</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Colicky</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col"ick*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; <as>as, a <ex>colicky</ex> disorder</as>.</def>

<h1>Colicroot</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col"ic*root`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (<spn>Aletris farinosa</spn> and <spn>A. aurea</spn>). Called sometimes <i>star grass</i>, <i>blackroot</i>, <i>blazing star</i>, and <i>unicorn root</i>.</def>

<h1>Colin</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>colin</ets>; prop. a dim. of <ets>Colas</ets>, contr. fr. <ets>Nicolas</ets> Nicholas.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See <er>Bobwhite</er>.</def>

<h1>Coliseum</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col`i*se"um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. (cf. It. <ets>coliseo</ets>, <ets>colosseo</ets>), fr. L. <ets>colosseus</ets> colossal, fr. <ets>colossus</ets> a colossus. See <er>Colossus</er>, and cf. <er>Colosseum</er>.]</ety> <def>The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Colosseum</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Colitis</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Co*li"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.</def>

<h1>Coll</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Coll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>coler</ets>, fr. L. <ets>collum</ets> neck.]</ety> <def>To embrace.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "They <i>coll</i> and kiss him."

<i>Latimer.</i>

<h1>Collaborateur</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col*la`bo*ra*teur"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>Collaborator</er>.</def>

<h1>Collaboration</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col*lab`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act ofworking together; united labor.</def>