Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or obtained from bile. Also cholalic.
  • noun An obsolete form of colic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.
  • adjective (Chem.) a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to bile
  • adjective organic chemistry Of or pertaining to cholic acid or its derivatives
  • noun An obsolete spelling of colic (abdominal distress).

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Examples

  • Mrs. Duff, who, by Jan's help, had survived the threatened death fro "cholic," and was herself again, stood near the sufferer, in company with one or two more cronies.

    Verner's Pride Henry Wood 1850

  • Difeafed nature oftentimes breaks forth In ftrange. eruptions: oft the teeming earth Is with a kind of cholic pinch'd and ytlCd By the imprifoning of unruly wind Within her womb •, which, for enlargement ftriving,

    The Dramatic Works of Shakspeare: In Six Volumes William Shakespeare , Joseph Rann 1791

  • I think they want the Dems to obstruct the nomination and will wait until that time to throw themselves upon the cheesy-puff dust covered mosaic and wailing like cholic stricken baybehs about agendas and whatnot other silliness that lees in their curdled minds.

    Think Progress » As Obama Nominees Languish, Committee Schedules Vote On Right-Wing McConnell Nominee 2010

  • Are they related specifically to cholic etc or to specific back problems?

    The BCA's Extraordinary Press Release Jack of Kent 2009

  • Yet the evidence they present in the same document is making the claim that Chiropractic cures cholic, asthma etc.

    BCA v Singh: The BCA's "Third Update" Jack of Kent 2009

  • It's all smoke 'n mirrors lad, you hyperbolic cholic alcoholic she giggled.

    She tolled me 2009

  • Or should we disgregard all evidence which relates to cholic and asthma, and just stick with what's left?

    BCA v Singh: The BCA's "Third Update" Jack of Kent 2009

  • It's all smoke 'n mirrors lad, you hyperbolic cholic alcoholic she giggled.

    She tolled me 2009

  • For example, they say: "The BCA never claimed to cure various childhood conditions" by which I presume they mean cholic and so forth.

    BCA v Singh: The BCA's "Third Update" Jack of Kent 2009

  • If they are listing these conditions as curable, along with what they say is "overwhelming" evidence, then does this not suggest that they are indeed claiming to cure cholic and so forth?

    BCA v Singh: The BCA's "Third Update" Jack of Kent 2009

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