colic

Questions about colic

What does colic mean?

colic means "acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)".

How many syllables are in colic?

colic has 2 syllables and divides as co-lic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for colic?

Close synonyms include intestinal colic, gripes, griping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is colic a common word?

colic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.