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🧪 From bile 🤢 With stomach pain 😖 Severe stomach pain
cholic

cholic

9.9
A sudden attack of severe stomach pain
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊlɪk/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cólico
  • The patient experienced a sudden cholic after eating a heavy meal.

Examples

  • The doctor diagnosed her with cholics after the examination.

  • The patient experienced a sudden cholic after eating a heavy meal.

  • Doctors in the past often diagnosed severe abdominal pain as cholic.

  • He was bedridden for hours due to a painful cholic episode.

  • He experienced a sudden cholic attack last night.

  • He was bedridden for hours due to a painful cholic episode.

  • Doctors in the past often diagnosed severe abdominal pain as cholic.

Compounds

cholic acid
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A substance in bile that helps break down fats in the intestine

How Painful

agony
135 3.9
cholic
  • Archaic
9.9
cramp
77 2.1
twinge
17 4.9
ache
92 1.3

Surface Forms

cholic singular
cholics plural

Morphology

cholic = colic (opaque) = chol + ic

The noun use as 'a cholic attack' matches the idea of 'colic', but the morpheme 'chol-' is a specialised medical combining form, so the relation is not straightforward for average learners.

Etymology

Cholic as a noun once meant a sudden attack of severe stomach pain and comes from the same root as colic, so it named the painful cramp itself. It is now an older medical word, but the origin explains why it meant a sudden 'stomach' attack.