cólico

See also: colico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōlicus, from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós), from κῶλον (kôlon, “colon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.li.ku/

Adjective

cólico (feminine cólica, masculine plural cólicos, feminine plural cólicas)

1. (anatomy) colic (relating to the colon)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin colicus from Ancient Greek κωλικός (kōlikós), from κῶλον (kôlon, “colon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoliko/ [ˈko.li.ko]

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• Rhymes: -oliko
• Syllabification: có‧li‧co

Adjective

cólico (feminine cólica, masculine plural cólicos, feminine plural cólicas)

1. (anatomy) colic (relating to the colon)

Derived terms

• ileocólico

 

Noun

cólico m (plural cólicos)

1. (pathology) colic (severe pains in the abdomen)

Further reading

• “cólico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28