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(noun) - An inflammation of the bowels, to which children are subject. It is brought on by disorders of the milk, by exposure to cold, and living in low, cold, damp situations. It has been said that those afflicted with this disease have often a swelling in the side. Hence perhaps the name. --John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808
April 22, 2018