What is colic and what are the symptoms?
In the layman's term a colic refers to a bellyache; mostly caused by irritation, bloating, or blockage of the intestine, including a twisted intestine. The common symptoms include sweating, frequent lying down and getting up, pawing, in young foals kicking, general restlessness, nipping at the belly, decreased eating and water intake and in manure output.
Dictionary Term
n. Severe abdominal pain caused by spasm, obstruction, or distention of any of the hollow viscera, such as the intestines.
adj. (kolik). Of, relating to, or affecting the colon.[Middle English colik, affecting the colon, colic, from Old French colique, from Latin colica (passio), (suffering) of the colon, feminine of colicus, from Greek kolikos, from kolon, colon.]
--col'ick-y (koli-ke). adj.
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