colic

Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.

Severe fussiness and crying, especially of infants with certain medical conditions.

A medicinal plant used to relieve such symptoms.

Relating to the colon; colonic.