intestinal colic

1. 1.

   acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

   Synonymscolicgripesgriping

   Broaderpain

   Narrowerlead colic

Questions about intestinal colic

What does intestinal colic mean?

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

What is another word for intestinal colic?

Close synonyms include 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 intestinal colic a common word?

intestinal colic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.